A chromium-browser security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
RHSA-2020:1981-01: Important: chromium-browser security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: chromium-browser security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1981-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1981
Issue date: 2020-04-30
CVE Names: CVE-2020-6461 CVE-2020-6462
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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 81.0.4044.129.
Security Fix(es):
* chromium-browser: Use after free in storage (CVE-2020-6461)
* chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling (CVE-2020-6462)
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/):
1828859 - CVE-2020-6462 chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling
1828860 - CVE-2020-6461 chromium-browser: Use after free in storage
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):
i686:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
i686:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64:
chromium-browser-81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
chromium-browser-debuginfo-81.0.4044.129-1.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-2020-6461
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6462
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.
