Issued:
2016-07-26
Updated:
2016-07-26

RHSA-2016:1485 - Important: chromium-browser security update

Synopsis

Important: chromium-browser security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

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.

Description

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

This update upgrades Chromium to version 52.0.2743.82.

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-2016-1706, CVE-2016-1708, CVE-2016-1709, CVE-2016-1710, CVE-2016-1711, CVE-2016-5127, CVE-2016-5128, CVE-2016-5129, CVE-2016-5130, CVE-2016-5131, CVE-2016-5132, CVE-2016-5133, CVE-2016-5134, CVE-2016-5135, CVE-2016-5136, CVE-2016-5137, CVE-2016-1705)

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.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • chromium-browser-52.0.2743.82-1.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information