[RHSA-2016:1580-01] Important: chromium-browser security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1580-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html

Issue date: 2016-08-09

CVE Names: CVE-2016-5139 CVE-2016-5140 CVE-2016-5141

CVE-2016-5142 CVE-2016-5143 CVE-2016-5144

CVE-2016-5145 CVE-2016-5146

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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 52.0.2743.116.

 

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-2016-5139, CVE-2016-5140, CVE-2016-5141, CVE-2016-5142,

CVE-2016-5146, CVE-2016-5143, CVE-2016-5144, CVE-2016-5145)

 

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/):

 

1363980 - CVE-2016-5141 chromium-browser: Address bar spoofing

1363981 - CVE-2016-5142 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in Blink

1363982 - CVE-2016-5139 chromium-browser: Heap overflow in pdfium

1363983 - CVE-2016-5140 chromium-browser: Heap overflow in pdfium

1363984 - CVE-2016-5145 chromium-browser: Same origin bypass for images in Blink

1363985 - CVE-2016-5143 chromium-browser: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools

1363986 - CVE-2016-5144 chromium-browser: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools

1363987 - CVE-2016-5146 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

 

6. Package List:

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.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-2016-5139

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5140

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5141

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5142

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5143

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5144

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5145

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5146

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

https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.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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