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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2020-4235-01 Critical: Chromium-Browser Security Fix

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Calendar Grey October 13, 2020
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An essential upgrade for the chromium-browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has been released to address multiple 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 86.0.4240.75.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in payments (CVE-2020-15967)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink (CVE-2020-15968)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-15969)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in NFC (CVE-2020-15970)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in printing (CVE-2020-15971)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in audio (CVE-2020-15972)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in autofill (CVE-2020-15990)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in password manager (CVE-2020-15991)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in networking (CVE-2020-6557)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions (CVE-2020-15973)
* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in Blink (CVE-2020-15974)
* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in SwiftShader (CVE-2020-15975)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebXR (CVE-2020-15976)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in dialogs (CVE-2020-15977)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in navigation (CVE-2020-15978)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8 (CVE-2020-15979)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Intents (CVE-2020-15980)
* chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in audio (CVE-2020-15981)
* chromium-browser: Side-channel information leakage in cache (CVE-2020-15982)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in webUI (CVE-2020-15983)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Omnibox (CVE-2020-15984)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Blink (CVE-2020-15985)
* chromium-browser: Integer overflow in media (CVE-2020-15986)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC (CVE-2020-15987)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in networking (CVE-2020-15992)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads (CVE-2020-15988)
* chromium-browser: Uninitialized use in PDFium (CVE-2020-15989)
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-2020-6557 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15967 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15968 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15969 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15970 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15971 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15972 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15973 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15974 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15975 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15976 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15977 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15978 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15979 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15980 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15981 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15982 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15983 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15984 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15985 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15986 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15987 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15988 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4235-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Issue date: 2020-10-13

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 Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe 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

1885883 - CVE-2020-15967 chromium-browser: Use after free in payments

1885884 - CVE-2020-15968 chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink

1885885 - CVE-2020-15969 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebRTC

1885886 - CVE-2020-15970 chromium-browser: Use after free in NFC

1885887 - CVE-2020-15971 chromium-browser: Use after free in printing

1885888 - CVE-2020-15972 chromium-browser: Use after free in audio

1885889 - CVE-2020-15990 chromium-browser: Use after free in autofill

1885890 - CVE-2020-15991 chromium-browser: Use after free in password manager

1885891 - CVE-2020-15973 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions

1885892 - CVE-2020-15974 chromium-browser: Integer overflow in Blink

1885893 - CVE-2020-15975 chromium-browser: Integer overflow in SwiftShader

1885894 - CVE-2020-15976 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebXR

1885896 - CVE-2020-6557 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in networking

1885897 - CVE-2020-15977 chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in dialogs

1885899 - CVE-2020-15978 chromium-browser: Insufficient data validation in navigation

1885901 - CVE-2020-15979 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8

1885902 - CVE-2020-15980 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Intents

1885903 - CVE-2020-15981 chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in audio

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