[RHSA-2016:1580-01] Important: chromium-browser security update

[email protected]
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.enterprise.announce
Message-ID <201608090512.u795CCmW010905@int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

=====================================================================
                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:1580-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
Issue date:        2016-08-09
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-5139 CVE-2016-5140 CVE-2016-5141 
                   CVE-2016-5142 CVE-2016-5143 CVE-2016-5144 
                   CVE-2016-5145 CVE-2016-5146 
=====================================================================

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 52.0.2743.116.

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-2016-5139, CVE-2016-5140, CVE-2016-5141, CVE-2016-5142,
CVE-2016-5146, CVE-2016-5143, CVE-2016-5144, CVE-2016-5145)

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/):

1363980 - CVE-2016-5141 chromium-browser: Address bar spoofing
1363981 - CVE-2016-5142 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in Blink
1363982 - CVE-2016-5139 chromium-browser: Heap overflow in pdfium
1363983 - CVE-2016-5140 chromium-browser: Heap overflow in pdfium
1363984 - CVE-2016-5145 chromium-browser: Same origin bypass for images in Blink
1363985 - CVE-2016-5143 chromium-browser: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools
1363986 - CVE-2016-5144 chromium-browser: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools
1363987 - CVE-2016-5146 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-52.0.2743.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.116-1.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-2016-5139
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5140
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5141
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5142
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5143
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5144
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5145
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5146
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <[email protected]>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iD8DBQFXqWXsXlSAg2UNWIIRAvxtAKC9WHkgGOlm9kfKDWayi6g9mdaOQgCgoHFZ
AXlf/M24clfAonb2RKn02Kk=
=S9Ne
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


-- 
Enterprise-watch-list mailing list
[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/enterprise-watch-list
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.