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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2197
Important: chromium-browser security update
19 September 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-2016-5175 CVE-2016-5174 CVE-2016-5173
CVE-2016-5172 CVE-2016-5171 CVE-2016-5170
Reference: ASB-2016.0090
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1905-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
Issue date: 2016-09-16
CVE Names: CVE-2016-5170 CVE-2016-5171 CVE-2016-5172
CVE-2016-5173 CVE-2016-5174 CVE-2016-5175
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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 53.0.2785.113.
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-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5175, CVE-2016-5172,
CVE-2016-5173, CVE-2016-5174)
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/):
1375863 - CVE-2016-5170 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
1375864 - CVE-2016-5171 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
1375865 - CVE-2016-5172 chromium-browser: arbitrary memory read in v8
1375866 - CVE-2016-5173 chromium-browser: extension resource access
1375867 - CVE-2016-5174 chromium-browser: popup not correctly suppressed
1375868 - CVE-2016-5175 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-53.0.2785.113-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-53.0.2785.113-1.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-2016-5170
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5171
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5172
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5173
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5174
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5175
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_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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