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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-4206-01 Important: Chromium-Browser Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 7, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A crucial security patch for firefox on CentOS has resolved multiple vulnerabilities and enhanced various functionalities.
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 85.0.4183.121.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in storage (CVE-2020-15960)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions (CVE-2020-15961)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in serial (CVE-2020-15962)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions (CVE-2020-15963)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in media (CVE-2020-15964)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8 (CVE-2020-15965)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions (CVE-2020-15966)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15960 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15961 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15962 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15963 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15964 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15965 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15966 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-85.0.4183.121-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4206-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4206
Issue date: 2020-10-07

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

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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

1881593 - CVE-2020-15960 chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in storage

1881595 - CVE-2020-15961 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions

1881596 - CVE-2020-15962 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in serial

1881597 - CVE-2020-15963 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions

1881598 - CVE-2020-15965 chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8

1881599 - CVE-2020-15966 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions

1881600 - CVE-2020-15964 chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in media

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