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[RHSA-2016:1190-01] Important: chromium-browser security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1190-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190

Issue date: 2016-06-01

CVE Names: 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

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1. Summary:

 

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.

 

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).

 

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)

 

4. 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.

 

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

 

1340005 - CVE-2016-1672 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

1340006 - CVE-2016-1673 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

1340007 - CVE-2016-1674 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extensions

1340008 - CVE-2016-1675 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink

1340009 - CVE-2016-1676 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings

1340010 - CVE-2016-1677 chromium-browser: type confusion in v8

1340011 - CVE-2016-1678 chromium-browser: heap overflow in v8

1340012 - CVE-2016-1679 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in v8 bindings

1340013 - CVE-2016-1680 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in skia

1340014 - CVE-2016-1681 chromium-browser: heap overflow in pdfium

1340015 - CVE-2016-1682 chromium-browser: csp bypass for serviceworker

1340016 - CVE-2016-1683 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in libxslt

1340017 - CVE-2016-1684 chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt

1340018 - CVE-2016-1685 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium

1340019 - CVE-2016-1686 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in pdfium

1340021 - CVE-2016-1687 chromium-browser: information leak in extensions

1340022 - CVE-2016-1688 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in v8

1340023 - CVE-2016-1689 chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in media

1340024 - CVE-2016-1690 chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in autofill

1340026 - CVE-2016-1691 chromium-browser: heap buffer-overflow in skia

1340027 - CVE-2016-1692 chromium-browser: limited cross-origin bypass in serviceworker

1340028 - CVE-2016-1693 chromium-browser: http download of software removal tool

1340029 - CVE-2016-1694 chromium-browser: hpkp pins removed on cache clearance

1340030 - CVE-2016-1695 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

 

6. Package List:

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-51.0.2704.63-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.63-1.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-2016-1672

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1673

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1674

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1675

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1676

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1677

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1678

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1679

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1680

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1681

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1682

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1683

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1684

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1685

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1686

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1687

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1688

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1689

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1690

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1691

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1692

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1693

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1694

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1695

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

https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.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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