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Red Hat: RHSA-2018-3803-01 Important: Chromium Browser Update

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2018
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The latest security bulletin reveals a significant update for chrome-browser that resolves multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in RHEL 6.
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 71.0.3578.80.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2018-17480)
* chromium-browser: Use after frees in PDFium (CVE-2018-17481)
* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia (CVE-2018-18335)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in PDFium (CVE-2018-18336)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2018-18337)
* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Canvas (CVE-2018-18338)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebAudio (CVE-2018-18339)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in MediaRecorder (CVE-2018-18340)
* chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Blink (CVE-2018-18341)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2018-18342)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in Skia (CVE-2018-18343)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions (CVE-2018-18344)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Site Isolation (CVE-2018-18345)
* chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in Blink (CVE-2018-18346)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation (CVE-2018-18347)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox (CVE-2018-18348)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink (CVE-2018-18349)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink (CVE-2018-18350)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Navigation (CVE-2018-18351)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Media (CVE-2018-18352)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Network Authentication (CVE-2018-18353)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in Shell Integration (CVE-2018-18354)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL Formatter (CVE-2018-18355)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in Skia (CVE-2018-18356)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL Formatter (CVE-2018-18357)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Proxy (CVE-2018-18358)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in V8 (CVE-2018-18359)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17480 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17481 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18335 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18336 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18337 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18338 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18339 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18340 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18341 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18342 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18343 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18344 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18345 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18346 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18347 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18348 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18349 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18350 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18351 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18352 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18353 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18354 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18355 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-71.0.3578.80-1.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-2018:3803-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
Issue date: 2018-12-10

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 security issue Red Hat update buffer overflow important 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

1656547 - CVE-2018-17480 chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8

1656548 - CVE-2018-17481 chromium-browser: Use after frees in PDFium

1656549 - CVE-2018-18335 chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia

1656550 - CVE-2018-18336 chromium-browser: Use after free in PDFium

1656551 - CVE-2018-18337 chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink

1656552 - CVE-2018-18338 chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Canvas

1656553 - CVE-2018-18339 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebAudio

1656554 - CVE-2018-18340 chromium-browser: Use after free in MediaRecorder

1656555 - CVE-2018-18341 chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Blink

1656556 - CVE-2018-18342 chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8

1656557 - CVE-2018-18343 chromium-browser: Use after free in Skia

1656558 - CVE-2018-18344 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions

1656559 - CVE-2018-18345 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Site Isolation

1656560 - CVE-2018-18346 chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in Blink

1656561 - CVE-2018-18347 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation

1656562 - CVE-2018-18348 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox

1656563 - CVE-2018-18349 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink

1656564 - CVE-2018-18350 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink

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