OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2429-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-10-04 07:45 - Updated: 2026-09-20 18:42
Summary
Security update for chromium
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for chromium
Description of the patch: This update Chromium 53.0.2785.143 fixes the following issues (boo#1002140) - CVE-2016-5177: Use after free in V8 - CVE-2016-5178: Various fixes from internal audits The following bugfix changes are included: - Export GDK_BACKEND=x11 before starting chromium, ensuring that it's started as an Xwayland client (boo#1001135). - Changes to Sandbox to fix crashers on tumbleweed (boo#999091)
Patchnames: openSUSE-2016-1142
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2016-5177
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:chromedriver-0:53.0.2785.143-106.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:chromium-0:53.0.2785.143-106.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:chromium-desktop-gnome-0:53.0.2785.143-106.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:chromium-desktop-kde-0:53.0.2785.143-106.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:chromium-ffmpegsumo-0:53.0.2785.143-106.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2016-5178
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 5 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-5177
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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