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Red Hat: CVE-2016-9652: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2919)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-9652: Important: chromium-browser security update (RHSA-2016:2919)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
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-2016:2919:

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

This update upgrades Chromium to version 55.0.2883.75.

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-2016-5203, CVE-2016-5204, CVE-2016-5205, CVE-2016-5206, CVE-2016-5207, CVE-2016-5208, CVE-2016-5209, CVE-2016-5210, CVE-2016-5211, CVE-2016-5212, CVE-2016-5213, CVE-2016-9651, CVE-2016-9652, CVE-2016-5214, CVE-2016-5215, CVE-2016-5216, CVE-2016-5217, CVE-2016-5218, CVE-2016-5219, CVE-2016-5220, CVE-2016-5221, CVE-2016-5222, CVE-2016-5223, CVE-2016-5224, CVE-2016-5225, CVE-2016-5226, CVE-2016-9650)

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2016-9652
  • USN-3153-1
  • DSA-3731

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