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Posted on 07 November 2019
RedHat======================================================================= Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3775-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3775
Issue date: 2019-11-07
CVE Names: CVE-2019-13720 CVE-2019-13721
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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, i686, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - i686, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86=_64
3. Description:
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
This update upgrades Chromium to version 78.0.3904.87.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio (CVE-2019-13720)
* chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium (CVE-2019-13721)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
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/):
1768578 - CVE-2019-13721 chromium-browser: use-after-free in PDFium
1768586 - CVE-2019-13720 chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10.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-2019-13720
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13721
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
