Chromium Browser for Kicksecure Discussions (not Whonix)

Debian version of Chromium reported to be exploited in the wild.

Patch Google Chrome with the latest updates – if you don’t, you’re vulnerable to a zero-day that is actively being exploited, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned.

Criminals are targeting users of Chrome with outdated installations, CISA said in an advisory note urging folk to update their browsers immediately.

“Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux addressing multiple vulnerabilities, including vulnerability CVE-2020-16009. Exploit code for this vulnerability exists in the wild,” said the agency in a statement.

Debian affected by CVE-2020-16009 at time of writing, see:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201109070427/https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16009

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