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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:1462-1 Important: Chromium Security Issue

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2021
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Important announcement for openSUSE targeting chromium security flaws and enhancing protective protocols in Leap 15.2.
An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for chromium fixes the following issues:

Chromium 95.0.4638.69 (boo#1192184):

* CVE-2021-37997: Use after free in Sign-In

* CVE-2021-37998: Use after free in Garbage Collection

* CVE-2021-37999: Insufficient data validation in New Tab Page

* CVE-2021-38000: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents

* CVE-2021-38001: Type Confusion in V8

* CVE-2021-38002: Use after free in Web Transport

* CVE-2021-38003: Inappropriate implementation in V8

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security advisory software patch important update openSUSE data validation chromium web transport

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1462=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1462=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

chromedriver-95.0.4638.69-lp152.2.138.1

chromedriver-debuginfo-95.0.4638.69-lp152.2.138.1

chromium-95.0.4638.69-lp152.2.138.1

chromium-debuginfo-95.0.4638.69-lp152.2.138.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64):

chromedriver-95.0.4638.69-bp153.2.40.3

chromium-95.0.4638.69-bp153.2.40.3

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37997.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37998.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37999.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38000.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38001.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38002.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38003.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192184

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1462-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 .

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