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Posted on 09 November 2020
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4974-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4974
Issue date: 2020-11-09
CVE Names: CVE-2020-16004 CVE-2020-16005 CVE-2020-16006
CVE-2020-16008 CVE-2020-16009
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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 86.0.4240.183.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in user interface (CVE-2020-16004)
* chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in ANGLE
(CVE-2020-16005)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8 (CVE-2020-16006)
* chromium-browser: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC (CVE-2020-16008)
* chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8 (CVE-2020-16009)
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/):
1894197 - CVE-2020-16004 chromium-browser: Use after free in user interface
1894198 - CVE-2020-16005 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in ANGLE
1894199 - CVE-2020-16006 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8
1894201 - CVE-2020-16008 chromium-browser: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC
1894202 - CVE-2020-16009 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in V8
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-86.0.4240.183-1.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-2020-16004
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16005
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16006
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16008
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16009
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 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
