Red Hat: 2015:1023-01: 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-2015-1251, CVE-2015-1252, CVE-2015-1253, CVE-2015-1254,
CVE-2015-1255, CVE-2015-1256, CVE-2015-1257, CVE-2015-1258, CVE-2015-1259,
CVE-2015-1260, CVE-2015-1261, CVE-2015-1262, CVE-2015-1263, CVE-2015-1264,
CVE-2015-1265)
All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Chromium version 43.0.2357.65, 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-2015-1251 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1252 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1253 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1254 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1255 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1256 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1257 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1258 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1259 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1260 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1261 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1262 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1263 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1264 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1265 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-43.0.2357.65-1.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 Supplementary.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
1223258 - CVE-2015-1251 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in Speech.
1223259 - CVE-2015-1252 chromium-browser: Sandbox escape in Chrome.
1223260 - CVE-2015-1253 chromium-browser: Cross-origin bypass in DOM.
1223261 - CVE-2015-1254 chromium-browser: Cross-origin bypass in Editing.
1223262 - CVE-2015-1255 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in WebAudio.
1223263 - CVE-2015-1256 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in SVG.
1223264 - CVE-2015-1257 chromium-browser: Container-overflow in SVG.
1223266 - CVE-2015-1258 chromium-browser: Negative-size parameter in Libvpx.
1223267 - CVE-2015-1259 chromium-browser: Uninitialized value in PDFium.
1223268 - CVE-2015-1260 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in WebRTC.
1223269 - CVE-2015-1261 chromium-browser: URL bar spoofing in unspecified component
1223270 - CVE-2015-1262 chromium-browser: Uninitialized value in Blink.
1223271 - CVE-2015-1263 chromium-browser: insecure download of spellcheck dictionary in unspecified component
1223272 - CVE-2015-1264 chromium-browser: Cross-site scripting in bookmarks.
1223273 - CVE-2015-1265 chromium-browser: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.