8.8 - RHSA-2020:0084

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, 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 79.0.3945.117.

Security Fix(es):

* chromium-browser: Use after free in audio (CVE-2020-6377)

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/):

1789441 - CVE-2020-6377 chromium-browser: Use after free in audio