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RHSA-2016:0359: chromium-browser security update

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RHSA-2016:0359: chromium-browser security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/08/2016
Modified
03/21/2018

Description

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A webpage containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, executearbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by thevictim. (CVE-2016-1630, CVE-2016-1631, CVE-2016-1632, CVE-2016-1633,CVE-2016-1634, CVE-2016-1635, CVE-2016-1636, CVE-2016-1637, CVE-2016-1638,CVE-2016-1639, CVE-2016-1640, CVE-2016-1641, CVE-2016-1642)All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, whichcontain Chromium version 49.0.2623.75, which corrects these issues.After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changesto take effect.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • redhat-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo

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