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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0241 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2016-02-17
Updated:
2016-02-17

RHSA-2016:0241 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

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, execute
arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the
victim. (CVE-2016-1622, CVE-2016-1623, CVE-2016-1624, CVE-2016-1625,
CVE-2016-1626, CVE-2016-1627)

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Chromium version 48.0.2564.109, 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 - 1306152 - CVE-2016-1622 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Extensions
  • BZ - 1306153 - CVE-2016-1623 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in DOM
  • BZ - 1306154 - CVE-2016-1624 chromium-browser: buffer overflow in Brotli
  • BZ - 1306155 - CVE-2016-1625 chromium-browser: navigation bypass in Chrome Instant
  • BZ - 1306156 - CVE-2016-1626 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in PDFium
  • BZ - 1306157 - CVE-2016-1627 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

CVEs

  • CVE-2016-1625
  • CVE-2016-1624
  • CVE-2016-1627
  • CVE-2016-1626
  • CVE-2016-1623
  • CVE-2016-1622

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.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-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d291213abbd09dc77d452a88135b375eef9e235367bbe466e235a2b932d08cb
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4cad32132f7eb3dd8202b67bad2e324d5232e0a50bae36123d852fbac8e1aa5e
i386
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5968bd1fa87ac5bc4b109cf326fbc297d1bfbab8d37b8be34078f43d0effade6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6f9a0de3753e81dea6cd1b6b1adeadd852dfdf92a4883077faf032bad01bba96

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d291213abbd09dc77d452a88135b375eef9e235367bbe466e235a2b932d08cb
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4cad32132f7eb3dd8202b67bad2e324d5232e0a50bae36123d852fbac8e1aa5e
i386
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5968bd1fa87ac5bc4b109cf326fbc297d1bfbab8d37b8be34078f43d0effade6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6f9a0de3753e81dea6cd1b6b1adeadd852dfdf92a4883077faf032bad01bba96

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d291213abbd09dc77d452a88135b375eef9e235367bbe466e235a2b932d08cb
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4cad32132f7eb3dd8202b67bad2e324d5232e0a50bae36123d852fbac8e1aa5e
i386
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5968bd1fa87ac5bc4b109cf326fbc297d1bfbab8d37b8be34078f43d0effade6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6f9a0de3753e81dea6cd1b6b1adeadd852dfdf92a4883077faf032bad01bba96

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d291213abbd09dc77d452a88135b375eef9e235367bbe466e235a2b932d08cb
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4cad32132f7eb3dd8202b67bad2e324d5232e0a50bae36123d852fbac8e1aa5e
i386
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5968bd1fa87ac5bc4b109cf326fbc297d1bfbab8d37b8be34078f43d0effade6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6f9a0de3753e81dea6cd1b6b1adeadd852dfdf92a4883077faf032bad01bba96

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d291213abbd09dc77d452a88135b375eef9e235367bbe466e235a2b932d08cb
i386
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5968bd1fa87ac5bc4b109cf326fbc297d1bfbab8d37b8be34078f43d0effade6

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

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d291213abbd09dc77d452a88135b375eef9e235367bbe466e235a2b932d08cb
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4cad32132f7eb3dd8202b67bad2e324d5232e0a50bae36123d852fbac8e1aa5e
i386
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5968bd1fa87ac5bc4b109cf326fbc297d1bfbab8d37b8be34078f43d0effade6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6f9a0de3753e81dea6cd1b6b1adeadd852dfdf92a4883077faf032bad01bba96

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