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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1499 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2015-07-27
Updated:
2015-07-27

RHSA-2015:1499 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: chromium-browser security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.

Description

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Chromium. (CVE-2015-1271, CVE-2015-1270, CVE-2015-1272, CVE-2015-1273,
CVE-2015-1274, CVE-2015-1276, CVE-2015-1277, CVE-2015-1278, CVE-2015-1279,
CVE-2015-1281, CVE-2015-1282, CVE-2015-1283, CVE-2015-1284, CVE-2015-1285,
CVE-2015-1286, CVE-2015-1287, CVE-2015-1288, CVE-2015-1289, CVE-2015-5605)

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Chromium version 44.0.2403.89, which corrects these issues. After
installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take
effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 1245436 - CVE-2015-1271 chromium-browser: Heap-buffer-overflow in pdfium
  • BZ - 1245574 - CVE-2015-1270 chromium-browser: Uninitialized memory read in ICU.
  • BZ - 1245575 - CVE-2015-1272 chromium-browser: Use-after-free related to unexpected GPU process termination in unspecified
  • BZ - 1245576 - CVE-2015-1273 chromium-browser: Heap-buffer-overflow in pdfium.
  • BZ - 1245577 - CVE-2015-1274 chromium-browser: Settings allowed executable files to run immediately after download in unsepcified
  • BZ - 1245580 - CVE-2015-1276 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in IndexedDB.
  • BZ - 1245581 - CVE-2015-1277 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in accessibility.
  • BZ - 1245582 - CVE-2015-1278 chromium-browser: URL spoofing using pdf files in unspecified
  • BZ - 1245583 - CVE-2015-1279 chromium-browser: Heap-buffer-overflow in pdfium.
  • BZ - 1245585 - CVE-2015-1281 chromium-browser: CSP bypass in unspecified component
  • BZ - 1245586 - CVE-2015-1282 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in pdfium.
  • BZ - 1245587 - CVE-2015-1283 chromium-browser: Heap-buffer-overflow in expat.
  • BZ - 1245588 - CVE-2015-1284 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in blink.
  • BZ - 1245589 - CVE-2015-1285 chromium-browser: Information leak in XSS auditor.
  • BZ - 1245590 - CVE-2015-1286 chromium-browser: UXSS in blink.
  • BZ - 1245591 - CVE-2015-1287 chromium-browser: SOP bypass with CSS in unspecified
  • BZ - 1245592 - CVE-2015-1288 chromium-browser: Spell checking dictionaries fetched over HTTP in unspecified
  • BZ - 1245593 - CVE-2015-1289 chromium-browser: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
  • BZ - 1245955 - CVE-2015-5605 chromium-browser: v8 denial of service

CVEs

  • CVE-2015-1286
  • CVE-2015-1287
  • CVE-2015-1284
  • CVE-2015-1285
  • CVE-2015-1282
  • CVE-2015-1283
  • CVE-2015-1279
  • CVE-2015-1278
  • CVE-2015-1277
  • CVE-2015-1276
  • CVE-2015-1274
  • CVE-2015-1273
  • CVE-2015-1272
  • CVE-2015-1271
  • CVE-2015-1270
  • CVE-2015-1281
  • CVE-2015-5605
  • CVE-2015-1288
  • CVE-2015-1289

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d4c050fda1650d0de56bb3ee97567d1c46b49543f413bfca65ab539ce6600b7
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91025d3f9a7661a4cef10ed1e3deb82835e27705fa80d9ae0b4b8fc1f6f4ddb1
i386
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33dd68badaccdbf7feb2a04d3c5f597dbe6e2b0ad5f72e850444b703567f18f4
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9250dd67e607deeaceed0c01e5ecfab05c6882d9155a57329cfd8c2f96a59105

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d4c050fda1650d0de56bb3ee97567d1c46b49543f413bfca65ab539ce6600b7
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91025d3f9a7661a4cef10ed1e3deb82835e27705fa80d9ae0b4b8fc1f6f4ddb1
i386
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33dd68badaccdbf7feb2a04d3c5f597dbe6e2b0ad5f72e850444b703567f18f4
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9250dd67e607deeaceed0c01e5ecfab05c6882d9155a57329cfd8c2f96a59105

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d4c050fda1650d0de56bb3ee97567d1c46b49543f413bfca65ab539ce6600b7
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91025d3f9a7661a4cef10ed1e3deb82835e27705fa80d9ae0b4b8fc1f6f4ddb1
i386
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33dd68badaccdbf7feb2a04d3c5f597dbe6e2b0ad5f72e850444b703567f18f4
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9250dd67e607deeaceed0c01e5ecfab05c6882d9155a57329cfd8c2f96a59105

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d4c050fda1650d0de56bb3ee97567d1c46b49543f413bfca65ab539ce6600b7
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91025d3f9a7661a4cef10ed1e3deb82835e27705fa80d9ae0b4b8fc1f6f4ddb1
i386
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33dd68badaccdbf7feb2a04d3c5f597dbe6e2b0ad5f72e850444b703567f18f4
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9250dd67e607deeaceed0c01e5ecfab05c6882d9155a57329cfd8c2f96a59105

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d4c050fda1650d0de56bb3ee97567d1c46b49543f413bfca65ab539ce6600b7
i386
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33dd68badaccdbf7feb2a04d3c5f597dbe6e2b0ad5f72e850444b703567f18f4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4d4c050fda1650d0de56bb3ee97567d1c46b49543f413bfca65ab539ce6600b7
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 91025d3f9a7661a4cef10ed1e3deb82835e27705fa80d9ae0b4b8fc1f6f4ddb1
i386
chromium-browser-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 33dd68badaccdbf7feb2a04d3c5f597dbe6e2b0ad5f72e850444b703567f18f4
chromium-browser-debuginfo-44.0.2403.89-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9250dd67e607deeaceed0c01e5ecfab05c6882d9155a57329cfd8c2f96a59105

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