MGASA-2023-0306 - Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix bugs including security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 30 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0306.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-5472

The chromium-browser-stable package has been updated to the
118.0.5993.117 release, fixing bugs and 3 vulnerabilities, together with
118.0.5993.88; some of them are listed below:

High CVE-2023-5472: Use after free in Profiles.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32459
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5472

SRPMS:
- 9/tainted/chromium-browser-stable-118.0.5993.117-1.mga9.tainted

Mageia 2023-0306: chromium-browser-stable security update

The chromium-browser-stable package has been updated to the 118.0.5993.117 release, fixing bugs and 3 vulnerabilities, together with 118.0.5993.88; some of them are listed below: ...

Summary

The chromium-browser-stable package has been updated to the 118.0.5993.117 release, fixing bugs and 3 vulnerabilities, together with 118.0.5993.88; some of them are listed below:
High CVE-2023-5472: Use after free in Profiles.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32459

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5472

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0306 - Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix bugs including security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/tainted/chromium-browser-stable-118.0.5993.117-1.mga9.tainted

Severity
Publication date: 30 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0306.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-5472

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