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A chromium security update has been released for Fedora 38.



[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: chromium-118.0.5993.70-2.fc38


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-8c9fd2a001
2023-10-21 01:29:26.742982
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Name : chromium
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 118.0.5993.70
Release : 2.fc38
URL : http://www.chromium.org/Home
Summary : A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn't want you to use
Description :
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

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Update Information:

Update to 118.0.5993.70. Include following security fixes: - CVE-2023-5218:
Use after free in Site Isolation. - CVE-2023-5487: Inappropriate
implementation in Fullscreen. - CVE-2023-5484: Inappropriate implementation
in Navigation. - CVE-2023-5475: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools.
- CVE-2023-5483: Inappropriate implementation in Intents. - CVE-2023-5481:
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads. - CVE-2023-5476: Use after free
in Blink History. - CVE-2023-5474: Heap buffer overflow in PDF. -
CVE-2023-5479: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API. -
CVE-2023-5485: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill. - CVE-2023-5478:
Inappropriate implementation in Autofill. - CVE-2023-5477: Inappropriate
implementation in Installer. - CVE-2023-5486: Inappropriate implementation
in Input. - CVE-2023-5473: Use after free in Cast. ---- update to
117.0.5938.149.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Oct 16 2023 Than Ngo [than@redhat.com] - 118.0.5993.70-2
- fix tab crash with SIGTRAP when using system ffmpeg
* Wed Oct 11 2023 Than Ngo [than@redhat.com] - 118.0.5993.70-1
- update to 118.0.5993.70
- CVE-2023-5218: Use after free in Site Isolation.
- CVE-2023-5487: Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen.
- CVE-2023-5484: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation.
- CVE-2023-5475: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools.
- CVE-2023-5483: Inappropriate implementation in Intents.
- CVE-2023-5481: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads.
- CVE-2023-5476: Use after free in Blink History.
- CVE-2023-5474: Heap buffer overflow in PDF.
- CVE-2023-5479: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API.
- CVE-2023-5485: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill.
- CVE-2023-5478: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill.
- CVE-2023-5477: Inappropriate implementation in Installer.
- CVE-2023-5486: Inappropriate implementation in Input.
- CVE-2023-5473: Use after free in Cast.
* Sat Oct 7 2023 Than Ngo [than@redhat.com] - 118.0.5993.54-1
- update to 118.0.5993.54
- drop use_gnome_keyring as it's removed by upstream
* Thu Oct 5 2023 Than Ngo [than@redhat.com] - 117.0.5938.149-1
- update to 117.0.5938.149
- fix CVE-2023-5346: Type Confusion in V8
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2242073 - CVE-2023-5346 chromium: chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8 [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242073
[ 2 ] Bug #2242074 - CVE-2023-5346 chromium: chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8 [epel-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242074
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-8c9fd2a001' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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