Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0880-01 - V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition. Security Fix: An integer-overflow flaw was found in V8's Zone class when allocating new memory and Zone::NewExpand()). An attacker with the ability to manipulate a large zone could crash the application or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the application privileges.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: v8 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0880-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880
Issue date: 2017-04-05
CVE Names: CVE-2016-1669
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1. Summary:
An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0
(Mitaka).
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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 OpenStack Platform 9.0 - x86_64
3. Description:
V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 is written in C++ and is
used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. V8 implements
ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition.
Security Fix(es):
* An integer-overflow flaw was found in V8's Zone class when allocating new
memory (Zone::New() and Zone::NewExpand()). An attacker with the ability to
manipulate a large zone could crash the application or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the application privileges. (CVE-2016-1669)
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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1335449 - CVE-2016-1669 V8: integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Zone::New
6. Package List:
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0:
Source:
v8-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.src.rpm
x86_64:
v8-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.x86_64.rpm
v8-debuginfo-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.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-2016-1669
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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