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A chromium-browser security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.



RHSA-2020:2761-01: Important: chromium-browser security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2761-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2761
Issue date: 2020-06-29
CVE Names: CVE-2020-6509
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1. Summary:

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - i686, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, i686, x86_64

3. Description:

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 83.0.4103.116.

Security Fix(es):

* chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions (CVE-2020-6509)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1849947 - CVE-2020-6509 chromium-browser: Use after free in extensions

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):

i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

i686:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

x86_64:
chromium-browser-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-83.0.4103.116-1.el6_10.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-2020-6509
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.