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Mageia: 2021-0083 Moderate: Active V8 Engine Exploit Detected

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
New chromium-browser updates fix severe V8 engine security flaws currently exploited in Mageia systems.
The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities. One of those problems is a security issue in V8 engine that is actively exploited. References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28180

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28180

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue exploit moderate severity browser update chromium mageia v8 engine

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/chromium-browser-stable-88.0.4324.150-1.mga7

Publication date: 15 Feb 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0083.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue exploit moderate severity browser update chromium mageia v8 engine

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