Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202201-02

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium and Google Chrome, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

www-client/google-chrome on all architectures
Affected versions < 97.0.4692.99
Unaffected versions >= 97.0.4692.99
www-client/chromium on all architectures
Affected versions < 97.0.4692.99
Unaffected versions >= 97.0.4692.99

Background

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.

Google Chrome is one, fast, simple, and secure browser for all your devices.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:

			# emerge --sync
			# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
			">=www-client/chromium-97.0.4692.99"
		

All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:

			# emerge --sync
			# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
			">=www-client/google-chrome-97.0.4692.99"
		

References

Release date
January 31, 2022

Latest revision
January 31, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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