RHSA-2017:1124 - Security Advisory

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 58.0.3029.81.

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-2017-5057, CVE-2017-5058, CVE-2017-5059, CVE-2017-5060, CVE-2017-5061, CVE-2017-5062, CVE-2017-5063, CVE-2017-5064, CVE-2017-5065, CVE-2017-5066, CVE-2017-5067, CVE-2017-5069)

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 - 1443835 - CVE-2017-5057 chromium-browser: type confusion in pdfium
• BZ - 1443836 - CVE-2017-5058 chromium-browser: heap use after free in print preview
• BZ - 1443837 - CVE-2017-5059 chromium-browser: type confusion in blink
• BZ - 1443838 - CVE-2017-5060 chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox
• BZ - 1443839 - CVE-2017-5061 chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox
• BZ - 1443840 - CVE-2017-5062 chromium-browser: use after free in chrome apps
• BZ - 1443841 - CVE-2017-5063 chromium-browser: heap overflow in skia
• BZ - 1443845 - CVE-2017-5064 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
• BZ - 1443847 - CVE-2017-5065 chromium-browser: incorrect ui in blink
• BZ - 1443848 - CVE-2017-5066 chromium-browser: incorrect signature handing in networking
• BZ - 1443849 - CVE-2017-5067 chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox
• BZ - 1443850 - CVE-2017-5069 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

CVEs

• CVE-2017-5057
• CVE-2017-5058
• CVE-2017-5059
• CVE-2017-5060
• CVE-2017-5061
• CVE-2017-5062
• CVE-2017-5063
• CVE-2017-5064
• CVE-2017-5065
• CVE-2017-5066
• CVE-2017-5067
• CVE-2017-5069

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html