Issued:
2016-09-16
Updated:
2016-09-16

RHSA-2016:1905 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: chromium-browser security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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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 53.0.2785.113.

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-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5175, CVE-2016-5172, CVE-2016-5173, CVE-2016-5174)

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 - 1375863 - CVE-2016-5170 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
  • BZ - 1375864 - CVE-2016-5171 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
  • BZ - 1375865 - CVE-2016-5172 chromium-browser: arbitrary memory read in v8
  • BZ - 1375866 - CVE-2016-5173 chromium-browser: extension resource access
  • BZ - 1375867 - CVE-2016-5174 chromium-browser: popup not correctly suppressed
  • BZ - 1375868 - CVE-2016-5175 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5001c58967a7679aa765f218d8641c331555cb92e8e487f5fcb0efb7755fd92b
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b30e2610ad8912c430abf793c5cd309101dbae413537b587c625dbbfae29089b
i386
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ccd9b9b51b759673711a55b5f3c73f4b992adf4c0a8ff637f0df529a14108f8
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fac0fb35536c6d6faf12dd4c5b85a4ff4a43ab43b37e9aab64142bb165a1c33a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5001c58967a7679aa765f218d8641c331555cb92e8e487f5fcb0efb7755fd92b
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b30e2610ad8912c430abf793c5cd309101dbae413537b587c625dbbfae29089b
i386
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ccd9b9b51b759673711a55b5f3c73f4b992adf4c0a8ff637f0df529a14108f8
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fac0fb35536c6d6faf12dd4c5b85a4ff4a43ab43b37e9aab64142bb165a1c33a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5001c58967a7679aa765f218d8641c331555cb92e8e487f5fcb0efb7755fd92b
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b30e2610ad8912c430abf793c5cd309101dbae413537b587c625dbbfae29089b
i386
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0ccd9b9b51b759673711a55b5f3c73f4b992adf4c0a8ff637f0df529a14108f8
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fac0fb35536c6d6faf12dd4c5b85a4ff4a43ab43b37e9aab64142bb165a1c33a

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