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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.4031
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
12 November 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Google Chrome
Publisher: Google
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Unknown/Unspecified
Reduced Security -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-16017 CVE-2020-16013
Original Bulletin:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
Comment: Google is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017 exist in the wild.
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Release updates from the Chrome team
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The stable channel has been updated to 86.0.4240.198 for Windows, Mac & Linux
which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
A list of all changes is available in the log. Interested in switching release
channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a
bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or
learn about common issues.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority
of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug
exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but
haven?t yet fixed.
This update includes 2 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were
contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for
more information.
[$TBD][1147206] High CVE-2020-16013: Inappropriate implementation in V8.
Reported by Anonymous on 2020-11-09
[$TBD][1146709] High CVE-2020-16017: Use after free in site isolation. Reported
by Anonymous on 2020-11-07
Google is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017
exist in the wild.
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during
the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable
channel.
Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer,
UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.
Google Chrome
Prudhvikumar Bommana
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