RHSA-2016:0072 - Security Advisory

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, execute
arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the
victim. (CVE-2016-1612, CVE-2016-1613, CVE-2016-1614, CVE-2016-1615,
CVE-2016-1616, CVE-2016-1617, CVE-2016-1618, CVE-2016-1619, CVE-2016-1620,
CVE-2016-2051, CVE-2016-2052)

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Chromium version 48.0.2564.82, 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 - 1300988 - CVE-2016-1612 chromium-browser: bad cast in V8
• BZ - 1300989 - CVE-2016-1613 chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium
• BZ - 1300990 - CVE-2016-1614 chromium-browser: information leak in Blink
• BZ - 1300991 - CVE-2016-1615 chromium-browser: origin confusion in Omnibox
• BZ - 1300992 - CVE-2016-1616 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
• BZ - 1300993 - CVE-2016-1617 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
• BZ - 1300994 - CVE-2016-1618 chromium-browser: weak random number generator in Blink
• BZ - 1300995 - CVE-2016-1619 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in PDFium
• BZ - 1300996 - CVE-2016-1620 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
• BZ - 1301550 - CVE-2016-2051 chromium-browser: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.8.271.17
• BZ - 1301553 - CVE-2016-2052 chromium-browser: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6

CVEs

• CVE-2015-8947
• CVE-2016-1612
• CVE-2016-1613
• CVE-2016-1614
• CVE-2016-1615
• CVE-2016-1616
• CVE-2016-1617
• CVE-2016-1618
• CVE-2016-1619
• CVE-2016-1620
• CVE-2016-2051
• CVE-2016-2052

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html