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Posted on 18 February 2016
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0241-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html
Issue date: 2016-02-17
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1622 CVE-2016-1623 CVE-2016-1624
CVE-2016-1625 CVE-2016-1626 CVE-2016-1627
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1. Summary:
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links 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).
Several 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-2016-1622, CVE-2016-1623, CVE-2016-1624, CVE-2016-1625,
CVE-2016-1626, CVE-2016-1627)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Chromium version 48.0.2564.109, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1306152 - CVE-2016-1622 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Extensions
1306153 - CVE-2016-1623 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in DOM
1306154 - CVE-2016-1624 chromium-browser: buffer overflow in Brotli
1306155 - CVE-2016-1625 chromium-browser: navigation bypass in Chrome Instant
1306156 - CVE-2016-1626 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in PDFium
1306157 - CVE-2016-1627 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.109-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.109-1.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-2016-1622
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1623
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1624
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1625
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1626
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1627
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.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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