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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5202: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2718)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5202: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2718)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/14/2016
Modified
10/31/2019

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-2016:2718:

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 54.0.2840.100.

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-2016-5199, CVE-2016-5200, CVE-2016-5202, CVE-2016-5201)

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2016-5202
  • USN-3133-1
  • DSA-3731

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