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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2016:1905-01 Critical Update for Chromium

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2016
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Important chromium-browser patch for Fedora addresses various vulnerabilities, promoting secure navigation with release 53.0.2785.114.
An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Summary

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
This update upgrades Chromium to version 53.0.2785.113.
Security Fix(es):
* Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5175, CVE-2016-5172, CVE-2016-5173, CVE-2016-5174)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution important Red Hat Enterprise browser chromium

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5170 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5171 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5172 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5173 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5174 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5175 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1905-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1905.html
Issue date: 2016-09-16

Topic

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution important Red Hat Enterprise browser chromium

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1375863 - CVE-2016-5170 chromium-browser: use after free in blink

1375864 - CVE-2016-5171 chromium-browser: use after free in blink

1375865 - CVE-2016-5172 chromium-browser: arbitrary memory read in v8

1375866 - CVE-2016-5173 chromium-browser: extension resource access

1375867 - CVE-2016-5174 chromium-browser: popup not correctly suppressed

1375868 - CVE-2016-5175 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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