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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0286-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0286.html
Issue date: 2016-02-23
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1629
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1. Summary:
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
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).
Two 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-2016-1629)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Chromium version 48.0.2564.116, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes
to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1309988 – CVE-2016-1629 chromium-browser: same-origin bypass in Blink and Sandbox escape in Chrome
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-48.0.2564.116-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-48.0.2564.116-1.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-2016-1629
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_18.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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