Security update for Chromium

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Chromium
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1060-1
Rating: important
References: #975572
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

  • An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    Chromium was updated to 50.0.2661.75 to fix the following vulnerabilities:

    - CVE-2016-1651: Out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding
    - CVE-2016-1652: Universal XSS in extension bindings
    - CVE-2016-1653: Out-of-bounds write in V8
    - CVE-2016-1654: Uninitialized memory read in media
    - CVE-2016-1655: Use-after-free related to extensions
    - CVE-2016-1656: Android downloaded file path restriction bypass
    - CVE-2016-1657: Address bar spoofing
    - CVE-2016-1658: Potential leak of sensitive information to malicious
    extensions
    - CVE-2016-1659: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other
    initiatives

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:
      zypper in -t patch 4965=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (x86_64):
      • chromedriver-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromedriver-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-debugsource-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-desktop-gnome-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-desktop-kde-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-ffmpegsumo-50.0.2661.75-68.1
      • chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-50.0.2661.75-68.1

    References: