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Google Chrome Alert

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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

15 August, 2023

● High

2023-5729

All

Description:

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

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Type Confusion
  • Use-After-Free
  • Heap buffer overflow
  • Out-of-bound Memory Access

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to update the browser to 116.0.5845.96 for Mac and Linux and 116.0.5845.96/.97 for Windows, for more details, please follow the below link:

The browser supports automatic updating to the latest available version.

Update Instruction:

  • 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 are on this page.
  • Click Relaunch to apply any available update.
  • Click Restart.

Last updated at 15 August, 2023

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