Red Hat: 2015:0816-01: chromium-browser: Important Advisory
Summary
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
Chromium.(CVE-2015-1235, CVE-2015-1236, CVE-2015-1237, CVE-2015-1238,
CVE-2015-1240, CVE-2015-1241, CVE-2015-1242, CVE-2015-1244, CVE-2015-1245,
CVE-2015-1246, CVE-2015-1247, CVE-2015-1248, CVE-2015-1249)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Chromium version 42.0.2311.90, which corrects these issues. After
installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take
effect.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1235 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1236 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1237 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1238 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1240 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1241 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1242 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1244 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1245 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1246 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1247 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1248 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1249 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
Source:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
Source:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
Source:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.src.rpm
i386:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6.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/
Topic
Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.
Topic
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
Bugs Fixed
1211919 - CVE-2015-1235 chromium-browser: Cross-origin-bypass in HTML parser
1211920 - CVE-2015-1236 chromium-browser: Cross-origin-bypass in Blink
1211921 - CVE-2015-1237 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in IPC
1211922 - CVE-2015-1238 chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds write in Skia
1211923 - CVE-2015-1240 chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds read in WebGL
1211924 - CVE-2015-1241 chromium-browser: tap-jacking vulnerability
1211925 - CVE-2015-1242 chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8
1211926 - CVE-2015-1244 chromium-browser: HSTS bypass in WebSockets
1211927 - CVE-2015-1245 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in PDFium
1211928 - CVE-2015-1246 chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds read in Blink
1211929 - CVE-2015-1247 chromium-browser: Scheme issues in OpenSearch
1211930 - CVE-2015-1248 chromium-browser: SafeBrowsing bypass
1211932 - CVE-2015-1249 chromium-browser: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives