Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202011-12

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/chromium on all architectures
Affected versions < 86.0.4240.193
Unaffected versions >= 86.0.4240.193
www-client/google-chrome on all architectures
Affected versions < 86.0.4240.193
Unaffected versions >= 86.0.4240.193

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-86.0.4240.193"
 

All Google Chrome users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=www-client/google-chrome-86.0.4240.193"
 

References

Release date
November 11, 2020

Latest revision
November 11, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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