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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2017-1228-01 Urgent Chromium Browser Fix

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2017
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Debian's Critical notice on firefox-browser upgrade addressing a website vulnerability leading to system failures and safety threats.
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 58.0.3029.96.
Security Fix(es):
* A flaw was 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-2017-5068)

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat important browser upgrade web flaw chromium

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5068 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-58.0.3029.96-1.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-2017:1228-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1228
Issue date: 2017-05-11

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 important browser upgrade web flaw 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

1448031 - CVE-2017-5068 chromium-browser: race condition in webrtc

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