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 51.0.2704.63.

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-2016-1672, CVE-2016-1673, CVE-2016-1674, CVE-2016-1675, CVE-2016-1676, CVE-2016-1678, CVE-2016-1679, CVE-2016-1680, CVE-2016-1681, CVE-2016-1695, CVE-2016-1677, CVE-2016-1682, CVE-2016-1683, CVE-2016-1684, CVE-2016-1685, CVE-2016-1686, CVE-2016-1687, CVE-2016-1688, CVE-2016-1689, CVE-2016-1690, CVE-2016-1691, CVE-2016-1692, CVE-2016-1693, CVE-2016-1694)

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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1340005 - CVE-2016-1672 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings
• BZ - 1340006 - CVE-2016-1673 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink
• BZ - 1340007 - CVE-2016-1674 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extensions
• BZ - 1340008 - CVE-2016-1675 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink
• BZ - 1340009 - CVE-2016-1676 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings
• BZ - 1340010 - CVE-2016-1677 chromium-browser: type confusion in v8
• BZ - 1340011 - CVE-2016-1678 chromium-browser: heap overflow in v8
• BZ - 1340012 - CVE-2016-1679 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in v8 bindings
• BZ - 1340013 - CVE-2016-1680 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in skia
• BZ - 1340014 - CVE-2016-1681 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium
• BZ - 1340015 - CVE-2016-1682 chromium-browser: csp bypass for serviceworker
• BZ - 1340016 - CVE-2016-1683 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in libxslt
• BZ - 1340017 - CVE-2016-1684 chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt
• BZ - 1340018 - CVE-2016-1685 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium
• BZ - 1340019 - CVE-2016-1686 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium
• BZ - 1340021 - CVE-2016-1687 chromium-browser: information leak in extensions
• BZ - 1340022 - CVE-2016-1688 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in v8
• BZ - 1340023 - CVE-2016-1689 chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in media
• BZ - 1340024 - CVE-2016-1690 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in autofill
• BZ - 1340026 - CVE-2016-1691 chromium-browser: heap buffer-overflow in skia
• BZ - 1340027 - CVE-2016-1692 chromium-browser: limited cross-origin bypass in serviceworker
• BZ - 1340028 - CVE-2016-1693 chromium-browser: http download of software removal tool
• BZ - 1340029 - CVE-2016-1694 chromium-browser: hpkp pins removed on cache clearance
• BZ - 1340030 - CVE-2016-1695 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

CVEs

• CVE-2016-1672
• CVE-2016-1673
• CVE-2016-1674
• CVE-2016-1675
• CVE-2016-1676
• CVE-2016-1677
• CVE-2016-1678
• CVE-2016-1679
• CVE-2016-1680
• CVE-2016-1681
• CVE-2016-1682
• CVE-2016-1683
• CVE-2016-1684
• CVE-2016-1685
• CVE-2016-1686
• CVE-2016-1687
• CVE-2016-1688
• CVE-2016-1689
• CVE-2016-1690
• CVE-2016-1691
• CVE-2016-1692
• CVE-2016-1693
• CVE-2016-1694
• CVE-2016-1695

References