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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0525-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0525.html
Issue date: 2016-03-30
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1646 CVE-2016-1647 CVE-2016-1648
CVE-2016-1649 CVE-2016-1650
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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, 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 49.0.2623.108.
Security Fix(es):
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-2016-1646, CVE-2016-1647, CVE-2016-1648, CVE-2016-1649,
CVE-2016-1650)
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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1321811 - CVE-2016-1646 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in V8
1321812 - CVE-2016-1647 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Navigation
1321814 - CVE-2016-1648 chromium-browser: use-after-free in Extensions
1321815 - CVE-2016-1649 chromium-browser: buffer overflow in libANGLE
1321816 - CVE-2016-1650 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-49.0.2623.108-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-49.0.2623.108-1.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-2016-1646
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1647
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1648
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1649
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1650
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/03/stable-channel-update_24.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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