[RHSA-2016:2672-01] Important: chromium-browser security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2672-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2672.html

Issue date: 2016-11-07

CVE Names: CVE-2016-5198

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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 54.0.2840.90.

 

Security Fix(es):

 

* A flaw was 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-2016-5198)

 

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/):

 

1391356 - CVE-2016-5198 chromium-browser: out of bounds memory access in v8

 

6. Package List:

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

chromium-browser-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

chromium-browser-54.0.2840.90-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

chromium-browser-debuginfo-54.0.2840.90-1.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-2016-5198

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

https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/11/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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