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Red Hat: RHSA-2019:1930-01 Important: Chromium DoS and Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant news regarding the chromium-browser for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including essential updates aimed at bolstering security protocols.
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 75.0.3770.142.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: V8 sealed/frozen elements cause crash (CVE-2019-5847)
* chromium-browser: Font sizes may expose sensitive information (CVE-2019-5848)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat exploit important web browser chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5847 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5848 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-75.0.3770.142-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1930-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1930
Issue date: 2019-07-29

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 update red hat exploit important web browser chromium-browser

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - i686, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1731071 - CVE-2019-5847 chromium-browser: V8 sealed/frozen elements cause crash

1731072 - CVE-2019-5848 chromium-browser: Font sizes may expose sensitive information

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