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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.0983
Important: chromium-browser security update
19 April 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: chromium-browser
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 6
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1659 CVE-2016-1658 CVE-2016-1657
CVE-2016-1656 CVE-2016-1655 CVE-2016-1654
CVE-2016-1653 CVE-2016-1652 CVE-2016-1651
Reference: ASB-2016.0041
ESB-2016.0969
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0638-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html
Issue date: 2016-04-18
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1651 CVE-2016-1652 CVE-2016-1653
CVE-2016-1654 CVE-2016-1655 CVE-2016-1656
CVE-2016-1657 CVE-2016-1658 CVE-2016-1659
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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 50.0.2661.75.
Security Fix(es):
Several 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-2016-1652, CVE-2016-1653, CVE-2016-1651, CVE-2016-1654,
CVE-2016-1655, CVE-2016-1656, CVE-2016-1657, CVE-2016-1658, CVE-2016-1659)
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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1327109 - CVE-2016-1652 chromium-browser: universal XSS in extension bindings
1327110 - CVE-2016-1653 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds write in V8
1327111 - CVE-2016-1651 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding
1327112 - CVE-2016-1654 chromium-browser: uninitialized memory read in media
1327113 - CVE-2016-1655 chromium-browser: use-after-free related to extensions
1327114 - CVE-2016-1656 chromium-browser: android downloaded file path restriction bypass
1327115 - CVE-2016-1657 chromium-browser: address bar spoofing
1327117 - CVE-2016-1658 chromium-browser: potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions
1327120 - CVE-2016-1659 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.75-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-1.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-2016-1651
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1652
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1653
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1654
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1655
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1656
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1657
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1658
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1659
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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