RedHat: RHSA-2018-1446:01 Important: chromium-browser security update
Summary
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
This update upgrades Chromium to version 66.0.3359.170.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium (CVE-2018-6120)
* chromium-browser: Privilege Escalation in extensions (CVE-2018-6121)
* chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8 (CVE-2018-6122)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6120 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6121 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6122 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-66.0.3359.170-1.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/
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.
Topic
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
1577113 - CVE-2018-6121 chromium-browser: Privilege Escalation in extensions
1577114 - CVE-2018-6122 chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8
1577115 - CVE-2018-6120 chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium