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 56.0.2924.76.
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-2017-5006, CVE-2017-5007, CVE-2017-5008, CVE-2017-5009, CVE-2017-5010, CVE-2017-5011, CVE-2017-5012, CVE-2017-5013, CVE-2017-5014, CVE-2017-5015, CVE-2017-5016, CVE-2017-5017, CVE-2017-5018, CVE-2017-5019, CVE-2017-5020, CVE-2017-5021, CVE-2017-5022, CVE-2017-5023, CVE-2017-5024, CVE-2017-5025, CVE-2017-5026)
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 - 1416657 - CVE-2017-5007 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink
- BZ - 1416658 - CVE-2017-5006 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink
- BZ - 1416659 - CVE-2017-5008 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink
- BZ - 1416660 - CVE-2017-5010 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink
- BZ - 1416661 - CVE-2017-5011 chromium-browser: unauthorised file access in devtools
- BZ - 1416662 - CVE-2017-5009 chromium-browser: out of bounds memory access in webrtc
- BZ - 1416663 - CVE-2017-5012 chromium-browser: heap overflow in v8
- BZ - 1416664 - CVE-2017-5013 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox
- BZ - 1416665 - CVE-2017-5014 chromium-browser: heap overflow in skia
- BZ - 1416666 - CVE-2017-5015 chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox
- BZ - 1416667 - CVE-2017-5019 chromium-browser: use after free in renderer
- BZ - 1416668 - CVE-2017-5016 chromium-browser: ui spoofing in blink
- BZ - 1416669 - CVE-2017-5017 chromium-browser: uninitialised memory access in webm video
- BZ - 1416670 - CVE-2017-5018 chromium-browser: universal xss in chrome://apps
- BZ - 1416671 - CVE-2017-5020 chromium-browser: universal xss in chrome://downloads
- BZ - 1416672 - CVE-2017-5021 chromium-browser: use after free in extensions
- BZ - 1416673 - CVE-2017-5022 chromium-browser: bypass of content security policy in blink
- BZ - 1416674 - CVE-2017-5023 chromium-browser: type confusion in metrics
- BZ - 1416675 - CVE-2017-5024 chromium-browser: heap overflow in ffmpeg
- BZ - 1416676 - CVE-2017-5025 chromium-browser: heap overflow in ffmpeg
- BZ - 1416677 - CVE-2017-5026 chromium-browser: ui spoofing
CVEs
References
Vulmon