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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5194: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2067)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5194: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2067)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/17/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/21/2016
Modified
11/25/2019

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From RHSA-2016:2067:

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 54.0.2840.59.

Security Fix(es):

Multiple 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-2016-5181, CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5184, CVE-2016-5185, CVE-2016-5187, CVE-2016-5194, CVE-2016-5186, CVE-2016-5188, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5190, CVE-2016-5191, CVE-2016-5192, CVE-2016-5193)

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2016-5194
  • USN-3113-1
  • DSA-3731

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