6.8 - RHSA-2016:2067

Problem Description:

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 54.0.2840.59.

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-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5184, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5194, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5190, CVE-2016-5191, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5193)

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/):

1384347 - CVE-2016-5181 chromium-browser: universal xss in blink 1384348 - CVE-2016-5182 chromium-browser: heap overflow in blink 1384349 - CVE-2016-5183 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium 1384350 - CVE-2016-5184 chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium 1384352 - CVE-2016-5185 chromium-browser: use after free in blink 1384354 - CVE-2016-5187 chromium-browser: url spoofing 1384355 - CVE-2016-5188 chromium-browser: ui spoofing 1384357 - CVE-2016-5192 chromium-browser: cross-origin bypass in blink 1384358 - CVE-2016-5189 chromium-browser: url spoofing 1384360 - CVE-2016-5186 chromium-browser: out of bounds read in devtools 1384361 - CVE-2016-5191 chromium-browser: universal xss in bookmarks 1384362 - CVE-2016-5190 chromium-browser: use after free in internals 1384364 - CVE-2016-5193 chromium-browser: scheme bypass 1384365 - CVE-2016-5194 chromium-browser: various fixes from internal audits