Synopsis

Important: chromium-browser security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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-2016-1630, CVE-2016-1631, CVE-2016-1632, CVE-2016-1633,
CVE-2016-1634, CVE-2016-1635, CVE-2016-1636, CVE-2016-1637, CVE-2016-1638,
CVE-2016-1639, CVE-2016-1640, CVE-2016-1641, CVE-2016-1642)

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Chromium version 49.0.2623.75, 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 Server - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - 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 - 1314214 - CVE-2016-1630 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Blink
• BZ - 1314215 - CVE-2016-1631 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Pepper Plugin
• BZ - 1314216 - CVE-2016-1632 chromium-browser: bad cast in Extensions
• BZ - 1314217 - CVE-2016-1633 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink
• BZ - 1314218 - CVE-2016-1634 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink
• BZ - 1314219 - CVE-2016-1635 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink
• BZ - 1314220 - CVE-2016-1636 chromium-browser: SRI Validation Bypass
• BZ - 1314221 - CVE-2016-1637 chromium-browser: information leak in Skia
• BZ - 1314222 - CVE-2016-1638 chromium-browser: WebAPI Bypass
• BZ - 1314224 - CVE-2016-1639 chromium-browser: use-after-free in WebRTC
• BZ - 1314225 - CVE-2016-1640 chromium-browser: origin confusion in Extensions UI
• BZ - 1314226 - CVE-2016-1641 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Favicon
• BZ - 1314227 - CVE-2016-1642 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

CVEs

• CVE-2016-1636
• CVE-2016-1637
• CVE-2016-1634
• CVE-2016-1635
• CVE-2016-1632
• CVE-2016-1633
• CVE-2016-1630
• CVE-2016-1631
• CVE-2016-1638
• CVE-2016-1639
• CVE-2016-1642
• CVE-2016-1641
• CVE-2016-1640

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update.html

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ae3d3c1deeac4a0fdad14c9c4d88a58b2ccd3809c2f0d44259ae244705caa232
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8b49ffa212b4af02f2b2bd55d36b7b010d7d122167286e584914ed7979fd55b0
i386
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5a3c2f5d25f061a4a5408de4c701c71309d5b57217d6d90b422cae66af92762c
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: aae4bf3c6daa3da992449d2896de78102cd21c2c1db78b69ef5344bea8fa4b34

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ae3d3c1deeac4a0fdad14c9c4d88a58b2ccd3809c2f0d44259ae244705caa232
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8b49ffa212b4af02f2b2bd55d36b7b010d7d122167286e584914ed7979fd55b0
i386
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5a3c2f5d25f061a4a5408de4c701c71309d5b57217d6d90b422cae66af92762c
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: aae4bf3c6daa3da992449d2896de78102cd21c2c1db78b69ef5344bea8fa4b34

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ae3d3c1deeac4a0fdad14c9c4d88a58b2ccd3809c2f0d44259ae244705caa232
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8b49ffa212b4af02f2b2bd55d36b7b010d7d122167286e584914ed7979fd55b0
i386
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5a3c2f5d25f061a4a5408de4c701c71309d5b57217d6d90b422cae66af92762c
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: aae4bf3c6daa3da992449d2896de78102cd21c2c1db78b69ef5344bea8fa4b34

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ae3d3c1deeac4a0fdad14c9c4d88a58b2ccd3809c2f0d44259ae244705caa232
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8b49ffa212b4af02f2b2bd55d36b7b010d7d122167286e584914ed7979fd55b0
i386
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5a3c2f5d25f061a4a5408de4c701c71309d5b57217d6d90b422cae66af92762c
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: aae4bf3c6daa3da992449d2896de78102cd21c2c1db78b69ef5344bea8fa4b34

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ae3d3c1deeac4a0fdad14c9c4d88a58b2ccd3809c2f0d44259ae244705caa232
i386
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5a3c2f5d25f061a4a5408de4c701c71309d5b57217d6d90b422cae66af92762c

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

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ae3d3c1deeac4a0fdad14c9c4d88a58b2ccd3809c2f0d44259ae244705caa232
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8b49ffa212b4af02f2b2bd55d36b7b010d7d122167286e584914ed7979fd55b0
i386
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 5a3c2f5d25f061a4a5408de4c701c71309d5b57217d6d90b422cae66af92762c
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.75-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: aae4bf3c6daa3da992449d2896de78102cd21c2c1db78b69ef5344bea8fa4b34