Google Chrome Update

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Security Alert

● Critical

● High

● Medium

● Low

Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

23 October, 2019

● Medium

2019-550

All

Description:

Google has released security update to address vulnerabilities in Chrome browser for Windows, Man, and Linux.

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

Execute arbitrary code.
Alter browser’s address bar (URL) to force it to display Web pages as chosen by the attacker.
Escalation of privilege.

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to update the browser to 78.0.3904.70, for more details please follow the link below: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
Auto update:

- open Chrome, at the top right, click More >> Help >> About Google Chrome.

- The current version number is the series of numbers beneath the “Google Chrome” heading.

- Chrome will check for updates when you’re on this page. Click Relaunch to apply any available update. - Click restart.

- Mac: go to “About Google Chrome”, and click Automatically Update Chrome for all users.

- Windows: close all Chrome windows and tabs on the desktop, then relaunch Chrome to apply the update.

- Linux: use your package manager to update Google Chrome.

Last updated at 24 December, 2019