Synopsis
Important: chromium-browser security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
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.
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)
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.
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 1375863 - CVE-2016-5170 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
- BZ - 1375864 - CVE-2016-5171 chromium-browser: use after free in blink
- BZ - 1375865 - CVE-2016-5172 chromium-browser: arbitrary memory read in v8
- BZ - 1375866 - CVE-2016-5173 chromium-browser: extension resource access
- BZ - 1375867 - CVE-2016-5174 chromium-browser: popup not correctly suppressed
- BZ - 1375868 - CVE-2016-5175 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
CVEs
References
Vulmon