[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2309-1: important: Recommended update for chromium

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openSUSE Security Update: Recommended update for chromium

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2309-1

Rating: important

References: #998328 #998743

Cross-References: CVE-2016-5170 CVE-2016-5171 CVE-2016-5172

CVE-2016-5173 CVE-2016-5174 CVE-2016-5175

 

Affected Products:

SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

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An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

Chromium was updated to 53.0.2785.113 to fix a number of security issues

and bugs.

 

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

 

- CVE-2016-5170: Use after free in Blink

- CVE-2016-5171: Use after free in Blink

- CVE-2016-5172: Arbitrary Memory Read in v8

- CVE-2016-5173: Extension resource access

- CVE-2016-5174: Popup not correctly suppressed

- CVE-2016-5175: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other

initiatives.

 

The following upstream fixes are included:

 

- SPDY crasher fixes

- Disable NV12 DXGI video on AMD

- Forward --password-store switch to os_crypt

- Tell the kernel to discard USB requests when they time out.

- disallow WKBackForwardListItem navigations for pushState pages

- arc: bluetooth: Fix advertised uuid

- fix conflicting PendingIntent for stop button and swipe away

 

The widevine plugin was re-enabled (boo#998328).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1084=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (x86_64):

 

chromedriver-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromedriver-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromium-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromium-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromium-desktop-gnome-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromium-desktop-kde-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-53.0.2785.113-100.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-100.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5170.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5171.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5172.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5173.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5174.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5175.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/998328

https://bugzilla.suse.com/998743

 

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