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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0638 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2016-04-18
Updated:
2016-04-18

RHSA-2016:0638 - 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

An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 50.0.2661.75.

Security Fix(es):

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-2016-1652, CVE-2016-1653, CVE-2016-1651, CVE-2016-1654, CVE-2016-1655, CVE-2016-1656, CVE-2016-1657, CVE-2016-1658, CVE-2016-1659)

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

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 - 1327109 - CVE-2016-1652 chromium-browser: universal XSS in extension bindings
  • BZ - 1327110 - CVE-2016-1653 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds write in V8
  • BZ - 1327111 - CVE-2016-1651 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding
  • BZ - 1327112 - CVE-2016-1654 chromium-browser: uninitialized memory read in media
  • BZ - 1327113 - CVE-2016-1655 chromium-browser: use-after-free related to extensions
  • BZ - 1327114 - CVE-2016-1656 chromium-browser: android downloaded file path restriction bypass
  • BZ - 1327115 - CVE-2016-1657 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing
  • BZ - 1327117 - CVE-2016-1658 chromium-browser: potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions
  • BZ - 1327120 - CVE-2016-1659 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

CVEs

  • CVE-2016-1651
  • CVE-2016-1652
  • CVE-2016-1653
  • CVE-2016-1654
  • CVE-2016-1655
  • CVE-2016-1656
  • CVE-2016-1657
  • CVE-2016-1658
  • CVE-2016-1659

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal
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-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 68fe5ec87094e6b269e94fc38abdb7bd45c011a1e335a74a9508290b1f3b5d72
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7a708c3bbbb2deefb0939dfff6570d0f6934feb78003e3fe8f2dcb8efb87e15d
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b1998e0f7e6371df8fff93de43d5b2f6c5447e04ef9549233cff0e9b3950b6f
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d5ae67770299794e0c8d8779c7d1be67df17c0ba39620be12d5252e1e8967bb3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 68fe5ec87094e6b269e94fc38abdb7bd45c011a1e335a74a9508290b1f3b5d72
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7a708c3bbbb2deefb0939dfff6570d0f6934feb78003e3fe8f2dcb8efb87e15d
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b1998e0f7e6371df8fff93de43d5b2f6c5447e04ef9549233cff0e9b3950b6f
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d5ae67770299794e0c8d8779c7d1be67df17c0ba39620be12d5252e1e8967bb3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 68fe5ec87094e6b269e94fc38abdb7bd45c011a1e335a74a9508290b1f3b5d72
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7a708c3bbbb2deefb0939dfff6570d0f6934feb78003e3fe8f2dcb8efb87e15d
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b1998e0f7e6371df8fff93de43d5b2f6c5447e04ef9549233cff0e9b3950b6f
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d5ae67770299794e0c8d8779c7d1be67df17c0ba39620be12d5252e1e8967bb3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 68fe5ec87094e6b269e94fc38abdb7bd45c011a1e335a74a9508290b1f3b5d72
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7a708c3bbbb2deefb0939dfff6570d0f6934feb78003e3fe8f2dcb8efb87e15d
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b1998e0f7e6371df8fff93de43d5b2f6c5447e04ef9549233cff0e9b3950b6f
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d5ae67770299794e0c8d8779c7d1be67df17c0ba39620be12d5252e1e8967bb3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 68fe5ec87094e6b269e94fc38abdb7bd45c011a1e335a74a9508290b1f3b5d72
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b1998e0f7e6371df8fff93de43d5b2f6c5447e04ef9549233cff0e9b3950b6f

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

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 68fe5ec87094e6b269e94fc38abdb7bd45c011a1e335a74a9508290b1f3b5d72
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7a708c3bbbb2deefb0939dfff6570d0f6934feb78003e3fe8f2dcb8efb87e15d
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b1998e0f7e6371df8fff93de43d5b2f6c5447e04ef9549233cff0e9b3950b6f
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d5ae67770299794e0c8d8779c7d1be67df17c0ba39620be12d5252e1e8967bb3

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