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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-5165-01 Important: Chromium Security Update for Linux

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial Chromium-browser security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackles severe vulnerabilities and potential risks.
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 86.0.4240.198.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8 (CVE-2020-16013)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in base (CVE-2020-16016)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in site isolation (CVE-2020-16017)
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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security advisory Red Hat update threat important web browser chromium

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16013 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16016 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16017 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5165-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5165
Issue date: 2020-11-23

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 update threat important web browser chromium

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

1896641 - CVE-2020-16016 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in base

1897206 - CVE-2020-16013 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8

1897207 - CVE-2020-16017 chromium-browser: Use after free in site isolation

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