A Major Security Bug Hit Google Chrome: Update Your Browser ASAP

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/a-major-security-bug-hit-google-chrome-update-your-browser-asap/?ftag=CAD090e536
Abstract: “A critical security vulnerability in Google Chrome was found and patched over the weekend. Make sure your browser is protected.”

If you’re using Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser — whether on MacOS, Windows or Linux — it’s time to check for a critical security update. On Friday, Google released a Chrome update to patch a significant vulnerability that is actively being exploited in ongoing cyberattacks. Google urged users on all operating systems to update Chrome as soon as possible.

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Brian Masinick

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Thanks Brian,
very little info released on the vunerability,
Pretty clear is it affects all chrome based browsers so android,
apples ms vivaldi etc.

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security

Google states security bugs automatically become publicly visible 14
weeks after they are fixed so dont hold your breath for details 🙂

Edit:
Updated version 105.0.5195.102 of UngoogledChromium has been available
for some days. Can be downloaded from
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium.
Only channel I use so unsure of other

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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I did notice that the Linux distros where I have Google Chrome installed DO have updated versions of Chrome installed.

I got on my Chromebook yesterday; at first it claimed that Chrome was up-to-date but I could see that wasn’t the case. Keeping it on for a while the system did realize that the browser needed to get the security fix so it was done in under an hour.

Though there’s the Google/Alphabet concerns, Chromebook models also have a power wash feature that wipes content. If you use it you then have to update everything but it’s good for cleaning up and as long as you save and back up personal content it works well. Concerns about usage patterns is another matter altogether; each of us much decide for ourselves whether or not to use them.

For non sensitive tasks they are very handy systems; for personal privacy we have to make our own choices.

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Brian Masinick

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Hi @Brian and @ModdIt,
Thank you for the heads up on these security issues.

[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello Sirs Brian and ModdIt.

Thank you very much for alerting us about these security issues.
I have already shared it in the Telegram and WhatsApp groups for antiX users to consult this topic and to update antiX as soon as possible, as the new version of Chromium and Google Chrome is now available.

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Olá senhores Brian e ModdIt.

Muito Obrigado pelo alerta sobre esses problemas de segurança.
Eu já divulguei nos grupos de Telegram e WhatsApp para os usuários do antiX consultarem este tópico e para fazerem a atualização do antiX o quanto antes, pois já está disponível a nova versão do Chromium e do Google Chrome.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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I know for a fact that our distribution has access to updated versions of Google Chrome. In my case, I logged onto a different system today that I haven’t used in several days, and as part of my initial package checking and updating, the procedure added new versions of at least Google Chrome (Stable and Unstable), plus Opera, which uses some of the same code base. Several other browsers that also use a Chrome or Chromium base should also have updates for these high priority security related changes.

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Brian Masinick

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“I know for a fact that our distribution has access to updated versions of Google Chrome”

Not sure what you mean by this. Chrome is not in the antiX repos, nor in the debian repos. Or perhaps you mean that Chrome is available to install on linux in general?

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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What I mean is that when you install Google Chrome or a Chrome based browser, you have either added the appropriate repo or you are using a browser that’s included in the standard repo list.

You and I both know that you have to add a repo in order to install Google Chrome. For those who didn’t know, that’s what you do. For those who want to use Chrome, each person is going to have to learn how (it’s not difficult) but it’s important enough to know that I think that we should let each person learn that much themselves, agree?

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