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RedHat: RHSA-2020-2544-01 Important: Chromium Browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2020
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Crucial patch deployed for chromium-browser on RHEL 6, targeting significant vulnerabilities.
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 83.0.4103.97.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in reader mode (CVE-2020-6465)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in media (CVE-2020-6466)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-6467)
* chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8 (CVE-2020-6468)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools (CVE-2020-6469)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebAuthentication (CVE-2020-6493)
* chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in payments (CVE-2020-6494)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools (CVE-2020-6495)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in payments (CVE-2020-6496)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in clipboard (CVE-2020-6470)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools (CVE-2020-6471)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools (CVE-2020-6472)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink (CVE-2020-6473)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2020-6474)
* chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in full screen (CVE-2020-6475)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in tab strip (CVE-2020-6476)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in full screen (CVE-2020-6478)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in sharing (CVE-2020-6479)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in enterprise (CVE-2020-6480)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL formatting (CVE-2020-6481)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools (CVE-2020-6482)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in payments (CVE-2020-6483)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in ChromeDriver (CVE-2020-6484)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in media router (CVE-2020-6485)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in navigations (CVE-2020-6486)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads (CVE-2020-6487)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads (CVE-2020-6488)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in developer tools (CVE-2020-6489)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in loader (CVE-2020-6490)
* chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in site information (CVE-2020-6491)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6465 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6466 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6467 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6468 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6469 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6470 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6471 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6472 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6473 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6474 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6475 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6476 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6478 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6479 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6480 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6481 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6482 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6483 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6484 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6485 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6486 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6487 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6488 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6489 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2544-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Issue date: 2020-06-15

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.

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

1837877 - CVE-2020-6465 chromium-browser: Use after free in reader mode

1837878 - CVE-2020-6466 chromium-browser: Use after free in media

1837879 - CVE-2020-6467 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC

1837880 - CVE-2020-6468 chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8

1837882 - CVE-2020-6470 chromium-browser: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in clipboard

1837883 - CVE-2020-6471 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools

1837884 - CVE-2020-6472 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools

1837885 - CVE-2020-6473 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink

1837886 - CVE-2020-6474 chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink

1837887 - CVE-2020-6475 chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in full screen

1837889 - CVE-2020-6478 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in full screen

1837890 - CVE-2020-6480 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in enterprise

1837891 - CVE-2020-6481 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL formatting

1837892 - CVE-2020-6482 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools

1837893 - CVE-2020-6483 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in payments

1837894 - CVE-2020-6484 chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in ChromeDriver

1837896 - CVE-2020-6485 chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in media router

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