Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2020:2643 Important Chromium Security Fix
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June 22, 2020
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 83.0.4103.106.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in speech (CVE-2020-6505)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView
(CVE-2020-6506)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2020-6507)
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 Covered
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6505 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6506 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6507 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.106-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2643-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2643
Issue date: 2020-06-22
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 Covered
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
1847268 - CVE-2020-6505 chromium-browser: Use after free in speech
1847269 - CVE-2020-6506 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView
1847270 - CVE-2020-6507 chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8
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