Issued:
2016-05-02
Updated:
2016-05-02

RHSA-2016:0707 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: chromium-browser security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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 50.0.2661.94.

Security Fix(es):

  • Multiple 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-2016-1660, CVE-2016-1661, CVE-2016-1662, CVE-2016-1663, CVE-2016-1666, CVE-2016-1664, CVE-2016-1665)

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

After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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 - 1331635 - CVE-2016-1660 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds write in blink
  • BZ - 1331636 - CVE-2016-1661 chromium-browser: memory corruption in cross-process frames
  • BZ - 1331637 - CVE-2016-1662 chromium-browser: use-after-free in extensions
  • BZ - 1331638 - CVE-2016-1663 chromium-browser: use-after-free in blink’s v8 bindings
  • BZ - 1331639 - CVE-2016-1664 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing
  • BZ - 1331640 - CVE-2016-1665 chromium-browser: information leak in v8
  • BZ - 1331642 - CVE-2016-1666 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cf6be1d023854e1d63492f5802e077109a7a251f7650dc0aa20ec7650c2ba6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 58442a8c40a0c5ee2b5f135673b3affa742c4b24aa46e43f1fc63b0bd88f5c3b
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b4dfc5ab7e347f3d10b9ad7d70fc50032e70f197c40818f8437ee5a715e11987
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 41a2693735a87f4d067621378f108e29b4318ee14344f954fa7664eb6b5d2272

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cf6be1d023854e1d63492f5802e077109a7a251f7650dc0aa20ec7650c2ba6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 58442a8c40a0c5ee2b5f135673b3affa742c4b24aa46e43f1fc63b0bd88f5c3b
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b4dfc5ab7e347f3d10b9ad7d70fc50032e70f197c40818f8437ee5a715e11987
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 41a2693735a87f4d067621378f108e29b4318ee14344f954fa7664eb6b5d2272

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cf6be1d023854e1d63492f5802e077109a7a251f7650dc0aa20ec7650c2ba6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 58442a8c40a0c5ee2b5f135673b3affa742c4b24aa46e43f1fc63b0bd88f5c3b
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b4dfc5ab7e347f3d10b9ad7d70fc50032e70f197c40818f8437ee5a715e11987
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 41a2693735a87f4d067621378f108e29b4318ee14344f954fa7664eb6b5d2272

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cf6be1d023854e1d63492f5802e077109a7a251f7650dc0aa20ec7650c2ba6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 58442a8c40a0c5ee2b5f135673b3affa742c4b24aa46e43f1fc63b0bd88f5c3b
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b4dfc5ab7e347f3d10b9ad7d70fc50032e70f197c40818f8437ee5a715e11987
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 41a2693735a87f4d067621378f108e29b4318ee14344f954fa7664eb6b5d2272

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cf6be1d023854e1d63492f5802e077109a7a251f7650dc0aa20ec7650c2ba6
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b4dfc5ab7e347f3d10b9ad7d70fc50032e70f197c40818f8437ee5a715e11987

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

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cf6be1d023854e1d63492f5802e077109a7a251f7650dc0aa20ec7650c2ba6
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 58442a8c40a0c5ee2b5f135673b3affa742c4b24aa46e43f1fc63b0bd88f5c3b
i386
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b4dfc5ab7e347f3d10b9ad7d70fc50032e70f197c40818f8437ee5a715e11987
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.94-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 41a2693735a87f4d067621378f108e29b4318ee14344f954fa7664eb6b5d2272

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