That’s not the only CVE being exploited in the wild it’s affected by.
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16013
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16017
Likely many more.
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What about chromium sourced from snap store?
Related:
They do little oversight of package safety/maintenance. A hidden cryptocurrency miner was slipped thru in uploads. Major apps lacked updates for a long time. Server components of the snap packaging system remain closed which gives Canonical control over the tech. Avoiding the support and proliferation of their lock-in format is a good move IMO.
Also Ubuntu anything has the tendency to be half baked abandonware once Canonical grows bored with it after they fail to monetize it.
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Good points. Quoted in the dedicated snap forum thread. Snap Store / snaps / snapd / snapcraft.io - a new software source? - #6 by Patrick Please redirect further discussion on snap there. Leave a link here if relevant.
Would also appreciate an opinion on flathub in https://forums.whonix.org/t/flathub-as-a-source-of-software/10706 as this might also turn out as suitable software source for Firefox and/or Chromium.
Chromium version comparison
snapstore
- Install chromium on Linux | Snap Store
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201214074838/https://snapcraft.io/chromium
latest/stable 87.0.4280.88 3 December 2020
vs flathub
- Install Chromium Web Browser on Linux | Flathub
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201214074848/https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/org.chromium.Chromium
December 4, 2020 Version 87.0.4280.88
I cannot find any version number for Chrome, Chromium but I guess it’s the same as Chrome OS as published on the google blog.
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201214075327/https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
Shows the same version number.
In conclusion, both snapstore and flathub are up to date.
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There’s no stable Chromium version, there’s a daily release. Chrome however does have stable point releases as noted on wiki:
87.0.4280
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Debian removes Chromium from the next release:
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ungoogled-chromium
- Install ungoogled-chromium on Linux | Flathub
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201220105509/https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
December 15, 2020, Version 87.0.4280.88
- updates are slower
- looks less authoritative
- flathub link
- /apps/details/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
- /apps/details/org.chromium.Chromium
- flathub link
- Developer
Eloston and communityThe Chromium Authors
- github link
Therefore no longer considering ungoogled-chromium from flathub.
Quote chromium - Debian Package Tracker
[2020-12-13] chromium REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
Quote
Previous version: 83.0.4103.116-3.1
Current version: (not in testing)
Hint: https://release.debian.org/britney/hints/elbrus
# 20201212
Bug #973848: chromium: Unsupported version, many security bugs unfixed
Bug #960454: chromium: Make Chromium ask before downloading and enabling DRM
Bug #972134: chromium: please, consider moving the package to team-maintainance to properly maintain it
Bug #977103: chromium: FTBFS on armhf: error: write to reserved register ‘R7’
Bug #976292: design-desktop-web: drop chromium as Depends
- Migration status for chromium (- to 83.0.4103.116-3.1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
Quote Testing Excuses for chromium -- Debian Quality Assurance
Excuse for chromium
- Migration status for chromium (- to 83.0.4103.116-3.1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- Updating chromium introduces new bugs: #972134, #973848, #977103
- Additional info:
- Piuparts tested OK - Status of source package chromium in sid
- autopkgtest for libreoffice/blacklisted: arm64: Ignored failure, ppc64el: Ignored failure
- 96 days old (needed 5 days)
Excuses generated Sun Dec 20 10:08:21 2020
There is still recent development activity in some of these bugs. Therefore chromium might re-enter Debian testing.
Succeeded running Chromium from Flathub in Kicksecure.
Documented here:
(Documented in Whonix wiki for Whonix since kicksecure.com wiki is not yet ready.)
Related: https://forums.whonix.org/t/flathub-as-a-source-of-software/10706
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Not sure whos gonna solve that while its still very outdated even in sid
Chromium security issues caused by outdated packages in Debian with security issues exploited in the wild is resolved for now.
Debian uploaded the same version 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1 to Debian buster on 2021-01-01. References:
Its good that they pushed the sid version to buster, but this doesnt
mean this issue wont happen in the future and this isnt a permanent
guaranteed solution that we can rely on. (The package though still being
removed in the next debian version bullseye)
The question remain how long will debian take to upgrade chromium 87 to
8x , or will it ever move or upgrade from this version to another one.
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Yes, situation has to be monitored.
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Does the chromium flatpak package have any issues which the chromium Debian package has mentioned in Chromium Debian Package Security?
Not yet suitable.
Download for Debian-based systems
Repository for Debian-based systems
current version 2019.04.73 - outdated
(based on Chromium 73.0.3683.103)
But interesting to watch how this project develops.
What about plain Chromium via extrepo?
There is no such thing as an extrepo repository. extrepo is a method of enabling an already available repository (such as deb.torproject.org, deb.whonix.org, …) in an easier way. Instead of following third party instructions on how to enable the third party repository (add apt signing key + add apt sources.list.d snippet) it simplifies that process. No third party repository with alternative Chromium versions to being with → extrepo repository cannot help either. Similar explanation: