Google Chrome Alert
2720Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
13 September, 2023
● Critical
2023-5792
All
Description:
Google has released a security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Heap buffer overflow
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to update the browser 117.0.5938.62 for Mac and Linux, 117.0.5938.62/.63 for Windows, and Chrome 117 (117.0.5938.60) for Android, for more details, please follow the below links:
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/chrome-for-android-update_01794690103.html
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