news 28 Posted June 2, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1201-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1201 Issue date: 2016-06-02 CVE Names: CVE-2016-1696 CVE-2016-1697 CVE-2016-1698 CVE-2016-1699 CVE-2016-1700 CVE-2016-1701 CVE-2016-1702 CVE-2016-1703 ===================================================================== 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 51.0.2704.79. 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-2016-1696, CVE-2016-1697, CVE-2016-1703, CVE-2016-1698, CVE-2016-1699, CVE-2016-1700, CVE-2016-1701, CVE-2016-1702) 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/): 1342001 - CVE-2016-1696 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in extension bindings 1342002 - CVE-2016-1697 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink 1342003 - CVE-2016-1698 chromium-browser: information leak in extension bindings 1342004 - CVE-2016-1699 chromium-browser: parameter sanitization failure in devtools 1342005 - CVE-2016-1700 chromium-browser: use-after-free in extensions 1342007 - CVE-2016-1701 chromium-browser: use-after-free in autofill 1342008 - CVE-2016-1702 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in skia 1342009 - CVE-2016-1703 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6): i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6): i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6): i386: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: chromium-browser-51.0.2704.79-1.el6.x86_64.rpm chromium-browser-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-1.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-2016-1696 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1697 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1698 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1699 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1700 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1701 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1702 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1703 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/06/stable-channel-update.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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFXUICpXlSAg2UNWIIRAs1+AJ9Us24LC+Oop/AuL5JbTtWNW9e4dQCcC5/Y lbqCxyEQCwttZzdF4gEzJDA= =OPtc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
