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Red Hat: RHSA-2017:0499-01 Important Security Update for Chromium

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2017
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An essential patch for the chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 addresses vulnerabilities. Keep your system secure!
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 57.0.2987.98.
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-2017-5029, CVE-2017-5030, CVE-2017-5031, CVE-2017-5032, CVE-2017-5034, CVE-2017-5035, CVE-2017-5036, CVE-2017-5037, CVE-2017-5039, CVE-2017-5033, CVE-2017-5038, CVE-2017-5040, CVE-2017-5041, CVE-2017-5042, CVE-2017-5043, CVE-2017-5044, CVE-2017-5045, CVE-2017-5046)

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat security fix important malware risk web browser chromium browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5029 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5030 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5031 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5032 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5033 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5034 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5035 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5036 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5037 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5038 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5039 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5040 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5041 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5042 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5043 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5044 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5045 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5046 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.98-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.98-1.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-2017:0499-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0499.html
Issue date: 2017-03-14

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 security fix important malware risk web browser 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

1431030 - CVE-2017-5030 chromium-browser: memory corruption in v8

1431031 - CVE-2017-5031 chromium-browser: use after free in angle

1431032 - CVE-2017-5032 chromium-browser: out of bounds write in pdfium

1431033 - CVE-2017-5029 chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt

1431034 - CVE-2017-5034 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

1431036 - CVE-2017-5035 chromium-browser: incorrect security ui in omnibox

1431037 - CVE-2017-5036 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

1431038 - CVE-2017-5037 chromium-browser: multiple out of bounds writes in chunkdemuxer

1431039 - CVE-2017-5039 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

1431040 - CVE-2017-5040 chromium-browser: information disclosure in v8

1431041 - CVE-2017-5041 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox

1431042 - CVE-2017-5033 chromium-browser: bypass of content security policy in blink

1431043 - CVE-2017-5042 chromium-browser: incorrect handling of cookies in cast

1431044 - CVE-2017-5038 chromium-browser: use after free in guestview

1431045 - CVE-2017-5043 chromium-browser: use after free in guestview

1431046 - CVE-2017-5044 chromium-browser: heap overflow in skia

1431047 - CVE-2017-5045 chromium-browser: information disclosure in xss auditor

1431048 - CVE-2017-5046 chromium-browser: information disclosure in blink

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