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Fedora 39 FEDORA-2024-ef56ea86fc Critical: Chromium Security Update

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Attention Fedora 39 users: a new update for Chromium has been released, now at version 122.0.6261.69, focusing on improved security and bolstering memory safety protocols.
Updated to 122.0.6261.69

Summary

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

Update Information:

Updated to 122.0.6261.69

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security advisory critical software update Fedora memory safety chromium

Change Log

* Fri Feb 23 2024 Than Ngo - 122.0.6261.69-1 - update to 122.0.6261.69 - fix build error on el8 - bz#2265039, built with -fwrapv for improved memory safety - bz#2265043, built with -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero for improved security and preditability

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2265039 - Missing -fwrapv for improved memory safety https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265039 [ 2 ] Bug #2265043 - Missing -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero for improved security and preditability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265043

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-ef56ea86fc' 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 39
Version: 122.0.6261.69
Release: 1.fc39
URL: https://www.chromium.org/Home/
Summary: A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn't want you to use

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security advisory critical software update Fedora memory safety chromium

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