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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.1209
Important: chromium-browser security update
16 May 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-2016-1670 CVE-2016-1669 CVE-2016-1668
CVE-2016-1667
Reference: ASB-2016.0055
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1080-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1080.html
Issue date: 2016-05-13
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1667 CVE-2016-1668 CVE-2016-1669
CVE-2016-1670
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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 50.0.2661.102.
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-2016-1667, CVE-2016-1668, CVE-2016-1669, CVE-2016-1670)
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/):
1335447 - CVE-2016-1667 chromium-browser: same origin bypass in dom
1335448 - CVE-2016-1668 chromium-browser: same origin bypass in blink v8 bindings
1335449 - CVE-2016-1669 chromium-browser: buffer overflow in v8
1335450 - CVE-2016-1670 chromium-browser: race condition in loader
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-50.0.2661.102-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-50.0.2661.102-1.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-2016-1667
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1668
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1669
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1670
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.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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