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 59.0.3071.86.

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-2017-5070, CVE-2017-5071, CVE-2017-5072, CVE-2017-5073, CVE-2017-5074, CVE-2017-5075, CVE-2017-5076, CVE-2017-5077, CVE-2017-5078, CVE-2017-5079, CVE-2017-5080, CVE-2017-5081, CVE-2017-5086, CVE-2017-5082, CVE-2017-5083, CVE-2017-5085)

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 - 1459021 - CVE-2017-5070 chromium-browser: type confusion in v8
• BZ - 1459022 - CVE-2017-5071 chromium-browser: out of bounds read in v8
• BZ - 1459023 - CVE-2017-5072 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox
• BZ - 1459024 - CVE-2017-5073 chromium-browser: use after free in print preview
• BZ - 1459025 - CVE-2017-5074 chromium-browser: use after free in apps bluetooth
• BZ - 1459027 - CVE-2017-5075 chromium-browser: information leak in csp reporting
• BZ - 1459028 - CVE-2017-5086 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox
• BZ - 1459029 - CVE-2017-5076 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox
• BZ - 1459030 - CVE-2017-5077 chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in skia
• BZ - 1459031 - CVE-2017-5078 chromium-browser: possible command injection in mailto handling
• BZ - 1459032 - CVE-2017-5079 chromium-browser: ui spoofing in blink
• BZ - 1459033 - CVE-2017-5080 chromium-browser: use after free in credit card autofill
• BZ - 1459034 - CVE-2017-5081 chromium-browser: extension verification bypass
• BZ - 1459035 - CVE-2017-5082 chromium-browser: insufficient hardening in credit card editor
• BZ - 1459036 - CVE-2017-5083 chromium-browser: ui spoofing in blink
• BZ - 1459037 - CVE-2017-5085 chromium-browser: inappropriate javascript execution on webui pages

CVEs

• CVE-2017-5070
• CVE-2017-5071
• CVE-2017-5072
• CVE-2017-5073
• CVE-2017-5074
• CVE-2017-5075
• CVE-2017-5076
• CVE-2017-5077
• CVE-2017-5078
• CVE-2017-5079
• CVE-2017-5080
• CVE-2017-5081
• CVE-2017-5082
• CVE-2017-5083
• CVE-2017-5085
• CVE-2017-5086

References