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RedHat RHSA-2018-1933-01 Important: Chromium Out Of Bounds Write

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued a critical security patch for the chromium-browser that tackles a vulnerability related to an out of bounds flaw in V8.
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 67.0.3396.87.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2018-6149)
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 red hat software update important web browser chromium-browser v8 issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6149 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-67.0.3396.87-1.el6_10.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-2018:1933-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1933
Issue date: 2018-06-19

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 software update important web browser chromium-browser v8 issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 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

1590681 - CVE-2018-6149 chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8

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