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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2017-0860-01 Critical Chromium-Browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2017
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Essential security patch for chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Implement the update to safeguard against vulnerabilities.
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 57.0.2987.133.
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-2017-5055, CVE-2017-5052, CVE-2017-5053, CVE-2017-5054, CVE-2017-5056)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical web exploitation chromium

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5052 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5053 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5054 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5055 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5056 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9.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-2017:0860-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860
Issue date: 2017-03-31

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 Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical web exploitation 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

1437348 - CVE-2017-5055 chromium-browser: use after free in printing

1437350 - CVE-2017-5054 chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in v8

1437351 - CVE-2017-5052 chromium-browser: bad cast in blink

1437352 - CVE-2017-5056 chromium-browser: use after free in blink

1437353 - CVE-2017-5053 chromium-browser: out of bounds memory access in v8

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