[RHSA-2016:0429-01] Important: chromium-browser security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0429-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0429.html

Issue date: 2016-03-10

CVE Names: CVE-2016-1643 CVE-2016-1644 CVE-2016-1645

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1. Summary:

 

Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are now

available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security

impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give

detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the

CVE links in the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

 

Several 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-2016-1643, CVE-2016-1644, CVE-2016-1645)

 

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which

contain Chromium version 49.0.2623.87, which corrects these issues.

After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes

to take effect.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

 

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1315997 - CVE-2016-1643 chromium-browser: type confusion in Blink

1315998 - CVE-2016-1644 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Blink

1315999 - CVE-2016-1645 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds write in PDFium

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

 

i386:

chromium-browser-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):

 

i386:

chromium-browser-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):

 

i386:

chromium-browser-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.87-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1643

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1644

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1645

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_8.html

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.

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