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RedHat: RHSA-2019:3775-01 Important Security Update for Chromium

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu releases an important patch for firefox, addressing significant vulnerabilities in its additional libraries.
An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Impor...

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 78.0.3904.87.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio (CVE-2019-13720)
* chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium (CVE-2019-13721)
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 update red hat important use-after-free chromium-browser linux supplementary

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13720 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13721 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3775-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3775
Issue date: 2019-11-07

Topic

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important use-after-free chromium-browser linux supplementary

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

1768578 - CVE-2019-13721 chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium

1768586 - CVE-2019-13720 chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio

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