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RedHat: RHSA-2018-1815-01 Important: Chromium Browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 7, 2018
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Crucial security patch released for Chromium browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Prompt attention necessary!
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 67.0.3396.62.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2018-6123)
* chromium-browser: Type confusion in Blink (CVE-2018-6124)
* chromium-browser: Overly permissive policy in WebUSB (CVE-2018-6125)
* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia (CVE-2018-6126)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in indexedDB (CVE-2018-6127)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in WebRTC (CVE-2018-6129)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in WebRTC (CVE-2018-6130)
* chromium-browser: Incorrect mutability protection in WebAssembly (CVE-2018-6131)
* chromium-browser: Use of uninitialized memory in WebRTC (CVE-2018-6132)
* chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox (CVE-2018-6133)
* chromium-browser: Referrer Policy bypass in Blink (CVE-2018-6134)
* chromium-browser: UI spoofing in Blink (CVE-2018-6135)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in V8 (CVE-2018-6136)
* chromium-browser: Leak of visited status of page in Blink (CVE-2018-6137)
* chromium-browser: Overly permissive policy in Extensions (CVE-2018-6138)
* chromium-browser: Restrictions bypass in the debugger extension API (CVE-2018-6139)
* chromium-browser: Restrictions bypass in the debugger extension API (CVE-2018-6140)
* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia (CVE-2018-6141)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in V8 (CVE-2018-6142)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in V8 (CVE-2018-6143)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in PDFium (CVE-2018-6144)
* chromium-browser: Incorrect escaping of MathML in Blink (CVE-2018-6145)
* chromium-browser: Password fields not taking advantage of OS protections in Views (CVE-2018-6147)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important memory access red hat enterprise linux chromium browser type confusion

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6123 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6124 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6125 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6126 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6127 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6131 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6132 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6133 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6134 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6135 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6136 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6137 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6138 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6139 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6140 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6141 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6142 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6143 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6144 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6145 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6147 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.62-2.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-2018:1815-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815
Issue date: 2018-06-07

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 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important memory access red hat enterprise linux chromium browser type confusion

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

1584032 - CVE-2018-6123 chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink

1584033 - CVE-2018-6124 chromium-browser: Type confusion in Blink

1584034 - CVE-2018-6125 chromium-browser: Overly permissive policy in WebUSB

1584035 - CVE-2018-6126 chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia

1584037 - CVE-2018-6127 chromium-browser: Use after free in indexedDB

1584039 - CVE-2018-6129 chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in WebRTC

1584040 - CVE-2018-6130 chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in WebRTC

1584042 - CVE-2018-6131 chromium-browser: Incorrect mutability protection in WebAssembly

1584043 - CVE-2018-6132 chromium-browser: Use of uninitialized memory in WebRTC

1584044 - CVE-2018-6133 chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox

1584045 - CVE-2018-6134 chromium-browser: Referrer Policy bypass in Blink

1584046 - CVE-2018-6135 chromium-browser: UI spoofing in Blink

1584047 - CVE-2018-6136 chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in V8

1584048 - CVE-2018-6137 chromium-browser: Leak of visited status of page in Blink

1584049 - CVE-2018-6138 chromium-browser: Overly permissive policy in Extensions

1584050 - CVE-2018-6139 chromium-browser: Restrictions bypass in the debugger extension API

1584051 - CVE-2018-6140 chromium-browser: Restrictions bypass in the debugger extension API

1584052 - CVE-2018-6141 chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia

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