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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2016-2718 Important: Chromium Security Fix

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2016
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Significant patch for chromium-browser issued for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Security classified as high risk.
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 54.0.2840.100.
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-2016-5199, CVE-2016-5200, CVE-2016-5202, CVE-2016-5201)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update malicious content security issues important fix chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5199 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5200 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5201 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5202 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-54.0.2840.100-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.100-1.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-2016:2718-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2718.html
Issue date: 2016-11-14

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 Red Hat update malicious content security issues important fix chromium-browser

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

1393731 - CVE-2016-5199 chromium-browser: heap corruption in ffmpeg

1393732 - CVE-2016-5200 chromium-browser: out of bounds memory access in v8

1393733 - CVE-2016-5201 chromium-browser: info leak in extensions

1393734 - CVE-2016-5202 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

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