Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.4

Ruarí

This update includes security improvements from the Chromium project, including a fix for CVE-2023-6345.

Click here to see the full blog post

Chas4

1st updated :knight:

Catweazle

Ha, second

Levrini

[Chromium] Upgraded to 118.0.5993.161

sev7en

Thanks for the update

zeeth

CVE-2023-6345

"This high-severity zero-day vulnerability stems from an integer overflow weakness within the Skia open-source 2D graphics library, posing risks ranging from crashes to the execution of arbitrary code (Skia is also used as a graphics engine by other products like ChromeOS, Android, and Flutter).

"The bug was reported on Friday, November 24, by Benoît Sevens and Clément Lecigne, two security researchers with Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

"Google TAG is known for uncovering zero-days, often exploited by state-sponsored hacking groups in spyware campaigns targeting high-profile individuals like journalists and opposition politicians."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-emergency-update-fixes-6th-zero-day-exploited-in-2023/

Ruarí

@zeeth: Thanks. If you do run other browsers (only for testing, obviously ) make sure you check for updates. Most of the other Chromium based browsers (besides us and Chrome) are lagging a bit. I have a little bot on mastodon that checks how various desktop browsers are doing with regards to updates

https://social.vivaldi.net/@browserversiontracker

muurierakko

@Ruarí said in Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.4:

@zeeth: Thanks. If you do run other browsers (only for testing, obviously ) make sure you check for updates. Most of the other Chromium based browsers (besides us and Chrome) are lagging a bit. I have a little bot on mastodon that checks how various desktop browsers are doing with regards to updates

https://social.vivaldi.net/@browserversiontracker

Just curious, what is causing this lagging? I have notice also lagging on Vivaldi.

Pathduck

@muurierakko said in Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.4:

Just curious, what is causing this lagging? I have notice also lagging on Vivaldi.

falling behind, not keeping up the pace
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lagging

muurierakko

@Pathduck I meant lagging on chromium based browsers.

yngve

@muurierakko I guess this should be obligatory reading first : https://vivaldi.com/blog/lets-go-under-the-browser-hood-with-vivaldis-yngve/

mib3berlin

@guinnessdotsquirrel
Hi, as far as I know there are only snapshots (Beta) builds for Arm:

https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/something-for-the-weekend-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-3201-4/

Cheers, mib

ingolftopf

@zeeth said in Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.4:

CVE-2023-6345

"This high-severity zero-day vulnerability stems from an integer overflow weakness within the Skia open-source 2D graphics library, ...

Thank you for your comments.

(Can't find the Christmas Tony with the cap here.)

ingolftopf

@yngve said in Minor update (4) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.4:

@muurierakko I guess this should be obligatory reading first : https://vivaldi.com/blog/lets-go-under-the-browser-hood-with-vivaldis-yngve/

Thanks again for this good article.

Maybe just post the Christmas Tony here too, like on Vivaldi Mastodon, social.vivaldi.net ?