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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: Important Update for Chromium Browser Fix 2020

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Calendar Grey January 2, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Update for chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux addressing important security issues during operation.
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 79.0.3945.88.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in media picker (CVE-2019-13767)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat software update important chromium-browser media picker

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13767 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-79.0.3945.88-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0005-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0005
Issue date: 2020-01-02

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 security update red hat software update important chromium-browser media picker

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

1784989 - CVE-2019-13767 chromium-browser: Use after free in media picker

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