Updated chromium-browser packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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.

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, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-1622, CVE-2016-1623, CVE-2016-1624, CVE-2016-1625, CVE-2016-1626, CVE-2016-1627)

All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 48.0.2564.109, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

This update to Chromium 48.0.2564.109 fixes the following issues :

Security fixes (boo#965999) :

  - CVE-2016-1622: Same-origin bypass in Extensions

  - CVE-2016-1623: Same-origin bypass in DOM

  - CVE-2016-1624: Buffer overflow in Brotli

  - CVE-2016-1625: Navigation bypass in Chrome Instant

  - CVE-2016-1626: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium

  - CVE-2016-1627: Various fixes from internal audits,     fuzzing and other initiatives

Non-security bug fixes :

  - boo#965738: resolve issues with specific banking     websites when built against system libraries

  - boo#966082: chromium: sandbox related stacktrace printed

  - boo#965566: Drop libva support

  - Prevent graphical issues related to libjpeg

  - On KDE 5 kwallet5 is the default password store now

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201603-09 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Chromium web       browser. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain       sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-26 (OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJPEG. Please review       the references below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, via a crafted BMP, PDF, or j2k document, could       execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have       other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser.

  - CVE-2016-1622     It was discovered that a maliciously crafted extension     could bypass the Same Origin Policy.

  - CVE-2016-1623     Mariusz Mlynski discovered a way to bypass the Same     Origin Policy.

  - CVE-2016-1624     lukezli discovered a buffer overflow issue in the Brotli     library.

  - CVE-2016-1625     Jann Horn discovered a way to cause the Chrome Instant     feature to navigate to unintended destinations.

  - CVE-2016-1626     An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the     openjpeg library.

  - CVE-2016-1627     It was discovered that the Developer Tools did not     validate URLs.

  - CVE-2016-1628     An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the pdfium     library.

  - CVE-2016-1629     A way to bypass the Same Origin Policy was discovered in     Blink/WebKit, along with a way to escape the chromium     sandbox.

Google Chrome Releases reports :

6 security fixes in this release, including :

- [546677] High CVE-2016-1622: Same-origin bypass in Extensions.
Credit to anonymous.

- [577105] High CVE-2016-1623: Same-origin bypass in DOM. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.

- [509313] Medium CVE-2016-1625: Navigation bypass in Chrome Instant.
Credit to Jann Horn.

- [571480] Medium CVE-2016-1626: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium. Credit to anonymous, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative.

- [585517] CVE-2016-1627: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 48.0.2564.109. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists in the Extensions component     that allows an attacker to bypass the same-origin     policy. No other details are available from the vendor.
    (CVE-2016-1622)

  - An unspecified flaw exists in the DOM component that     allows an attacker to bypass the same-origin policy. No     other details are available from the vendor.
    (CVE-2016-1623)

  - An overflow condition condition exists in the Brotli     component due to improper validation of user-supplied     input. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2016-1624)

  - An unspecified flaw exists in the Chrome Instant     component that allows an attacker to bypass navigation.
    No other details are available from the vendor.
    (CVE-2016-1625)

  - An out-of-bounds read error exists in Google PDFium that     allows an attacker to crash a process linked against the     library or to disclose memory contents. (CVE-2016-1626)

  - Multiple flaws exist that allow an attacker to have an     unspecified impact. No other details are available from     the vendor. (CVE-2016-1627)

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 48.0.2564.109. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists in the Extensions component     that allows an attacker to bypass the same-origin     policy. No other details are available from the vendor.
    (CVE-2016-1622)

  - An unspecified flaw exists in the DOM component that     allows an attacker to bypass the same-origin policy. No     other details are available from the vendor.
    (CVE-2016-1623)

  - An overflow condition condition exists in the Brotli     component due to improper validation of user-supplied     input. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2016-1624)

  - An unspecified flaw exists in the Chrome Instant     component that allows an attacker to bypass navigation.
    No other details are available from the vendor.
    (CVE-2016-1625)

  - An out-of-bounds read error exists in Google PDFium that     allows an attacker to crash a process linked against the     library or to disclose memory contents. (CVE-2016-1626)

  - Multiple flaws exist that allow an attacker to have an     unspecified impact. No other details are available from     the vendor. (CVE-2016-1627)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
88794	RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:0241)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	2/17/2016	5/29/2020	high
88879	openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-238)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/22/2016	1/19/2021	high
89902	GLSA-201603-09 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	3/14/2016	1/11/2021	critical
104069	GLSA-201710-26 : OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	10/23/2017	1/11/2021	high
88869	Debian DSA-3486-1 : chromium-browser - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/22/2016	1/11/2021	critical
88667	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (36034227-cf81-11e5-9c2b-00262d5ed8ee)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	2/10/2016	1/4/2021	high
88681	Google Chrome < 48.0.2564.109 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	2/10/2016	4/11/2022	high
88682	Google Chrome < 48.0.2564.109 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	2/10/2016	11/20/2019	high
88826	openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-221)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/18/2016	1/19/2021	high

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