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RedHat: RHSA-2017-3401-01 Critical: Chromium Security Issue

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2017
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An important patch for chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has been released to address several significant vulnerabilities. Please install the update immediately.
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 63.0.3239.84.
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-2017-15407, CVE-2017-15408, CVE-2017-15409, CVE-2017-15410, CVE-2017-15411, CVE-2017-15412, CVE-2017-15413, CVE-2017-15415, CVE-2017-15416, CVE-2017-15417, CVE-2017-15418, CVE-2017-15419, CVE-2017-15420, CVE-2017-15422, CVE-2017-15423, CVE-2017-15424, CVE-2017-15425, CVE-2017-15426, CVE-2017-15427)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux malware risk chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15407 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15408 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15409 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15410 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15411 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15412 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15413 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15415 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15416 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15417 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15418 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15419 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15420 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15423 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15424 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15425 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15426 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15427 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-63.0.3239.84-1.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-2017:3401-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
Issue date: 2017-12-07

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 critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux malware risk 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

1523123 - CVE-2017-15407 chromium-browser: out of bounds write in quic

1523124 - CVE-2017-15408 chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in pdfium

1523125 - CVE-2017-15409 chromium-browser: out of bounds write in skia

1523126 - CVE-2017-15410 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

1523127 - CVE-2017-15411 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

1523128 - CVE-2017-15412 chromium-browser: use after free in libxml

1523129 - CVE-2017-15413 chromium-browser: type confusion in webassembly

1523130 - CVE-2017-15415 chromium-browser: pointer information disclosure in ipc call

1523131 - CVE-2017-15416 chromium-browser: out of bounds read in blink

1523132 - CVE-2017-15417 chromium-browser: cross origin information disclosure in skia

1523133 - CVE-2017-15418 chromium-browser: use of uninitialized value in skia

1523134 - CVE-2017-15419 chromium-browser: cross origin leak of redirect url in blink

1523135 - CVE-2017-15420 chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox

1523136 - CVE-2017-15422 chromium-browser: integer overflow in icu

1523137 - CVE-2017-15423 chromium-browser: issue with spake implementation in boringssl

1523138 - CVE-2017-15424 chromium-browser: url spoof in omnibox

1523139 - CVE-2017-15425 chromium-browser: url spoof in omnibox

1523140 - CVE-2017-15426 chromium-browser: url spoof in omnibox

1523141 - CVE-2017-15427 chromium-browser: insufficient blocking of javascript in omnibox

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