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RedHat RHSA-2020-2761-01 Important: Chromium Security Update for RHEL 6

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Debian releases a critical patch for firefox-browser tackling CVE-2021-2345 in Ubuntu 20.04.
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 83.0.4103.116.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions (CVE-2020-6509)
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 red hat software patch important security impact linux update chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6509 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2761-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2761
Issue date: 2020-06-29

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 red hat software patch important security impact linux update 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

1849947 - CVE-2020-6509 chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions

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