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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-3740-01 Important: Chromium Browser Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch for chromium-browser on CentOS Stream, addressing significant vulnerabilities within the application.
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 85.0.4183.102.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in video (CVE-2020-6573)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in installer (CVE-2020-6574)
* chromium-browser: Race in Mojo (CVE-2020-6575)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in offscreen canvas (CVE-2020-6576)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in networking (CVE-2020-15959)
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 update security fix important issue networking issue chromium-browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6573 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6574 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6575 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6576 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15959 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.102-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3740-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3740
Issue date: 2020-09-14

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 Red Hat update security fix important issue networking issue 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

1877090 - CVE-2020-6573 chromium-browser: Use after free in video

1877091 - CVE-2020-6574 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in installer

1877093 - CVE-2020-6575 chromium-browser: Race in Mojo

1877094 - CVE-2020-6576 chromium-browser: Use after free in offscreen canvas

1877095 - CVE-2020-15959 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in networking

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