Fedora 37: FEDORA-2023-7f87c8b975 Critical: chromium Use After Free
fedora
November 3, 2023
update to 118.0.5993.117
Summary
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
Update Information:
update to 118.0.5993.117. Security release for CVE-2023-5472
Change Log
* Wed Oct 25 2023 Than Ngo
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2246173 - CVE-2023-5472 chromium: chromium-browser: Use after free in Profiles [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246173
[ 2 ] Bug #2246174 - CVE-2023-5472 chromium: chromium-browser: Use after free in Profiles [epel-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246174
[ 3 ] Bug #2246427 - Using this package, the only way to stay relatively current with security patches is to use the rawhide build. All other builds, including from testing, are consistently behind.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246427
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-7f87c8b975' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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Name: chromium
Product: Fedora 37
Version: 118.0.5993.117
Release: 1.fc37
Summary: A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn't want you to use
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