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chromium-88.0.4324.96-1.fc33
FEDORA-2021-48866282e5 created by spot a day ago for Fedora 33
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This is probably not the update you want.

Let me be clear, it does fix the security vulnerabilities in this
list:

CVE-2020-16044 CVE-2021-21118 CVE-2021-21119 CVE-2021-21120
CVE-2021-21121 CVE-2021-21122 CVE-2021-21123 CVE-2021-21124
CVE-2021-21125 CVE-2021-21126 CVE-2021-21127 CVE-2021-21129
CVE-2021-21130 CVE-2021-21131 CVE-2021-21132 CVE-2021-21133
CVE-2021-21134 CVE-2021-21135 CVE-2021-21136 CVE-2021-21137
CVE-2021-21138 CVE-2021-21139 CVE-2021-21140 CVE-2021-21141
CVE-2021-21117 CVE-2021-21128

But it will not behave like Google Chrome does.

Google has announced that it is cutting off access to the Sync and
"other Google Exclusive" APIs from all builds except Google Chrome.
This will make the Fedora Chromium build significantly less
functional (along with every other distro packaged Chromium). It is
noteworthy that Google gave the builders of distribution Chromium
packages these access rights back in 2013 via API keys, specifically
so that we could have open source builds of Chromium with (near)
feature parity to Chrome. And now they're taking it away. The
reasoning given for this change? Google does not want users to be
able to "access their personal Chrome Sync data (such as bookmarks)
... with a non-Google, Chromium-based browser." They're not closing a
security hole, they're just requiring that everyone use Chrome.

Or to put it bluntly, they do not want you to access their Google API
functionality without using proprietary software (Google Chrome).
There is no good reason for Google to do this, other than to force
people to use Chrome.

I gave a lot of thought to whether I wanted to continue to maintain
the Chromium package in Fedora, given that many (most?) users will be
confused/annoyed when API functionality like sync and geolocation
stops working for no good reason. Ultimately, I decided to continue
for now, because there were at least some users who didn't mind, and
if I stopped, someone else would start over and run blindly into this
problem.

I would say that you might want to reconsider whether you want to use
Chromium or not. If you want the full "Google" experience, you can
run the proprietary Chrome. If you want to use a FOSS browser that
isn't hobbled, there is a Firefox package in Fedora.

Oh, last, but not least, Google isn't shutting off the API access
until March 15, 2021, but I have gone ahead and disabled it starting
with this update. I'd rather you read about it here (even though most
users will never see this) than have it just happen.

How to install

sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-48866282e5

This update has been submitted for testing by spot.

a day ago

This update's test gating status has been changed to 'ignored'.

a day ago

This update's test gating status has been changed to 'waiting'.

a day ago
User Icon imabug provided feedback a day ago
karma

This update's test gating status has been changed to 'ignored'.

a day ago
User Icon ozeszty commented & provided feedback a day ago

I'm not sure that 'disabling' sync that early before EOL is the best
option. Message and link popping up under toolbar does not explain
what's going on and what the user can do about it: https://
www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys

It would be great to replace it with a link to some quick-doc
explaining what and why will happen in March and what to do about it
(that Firefox can import most data and sync it between multiple
devices and platforms). Maybe in the meantime some alternative will
arise, e.g. Firefox Sync adapted in Chromium or other synchronization
engine, after all many distros will have this problem and probably
some devs rely on that feature.

I'm using Chromium just to test website compatibility, but I
installed or recommended it for many non-technical users as a Chrome
replacement. I'm pretty sure most users don't check bodhi and won't
know what hit them.

This update has been pushed to testing.

20 hours ago
User Icon atim commented & provided feedback 9 hours ago
karma

Firefox FTW!

This update can be pushed to stable now if the maintainer wishes

9 hours ago
User Icon pampelmuse provided feedback 7 hours ago
karma

This update has been submitted for stable by bodhi.

7 hours ago
User Icon wolnei commented & provided feedback 5 hours ago
karma

Works for me.

User Icon x3dsf commented & provided feedback 4 hours ago
karma

Thank you for maintaining the rpm !

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Metadata
Type
security
Severity
high
Karma
5
Signed
Content Type
RPM
Test Gating
Builds
1
chromium-88.0.4324.96-1.fc33
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Unstable by Karma
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Stable by Karma
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Stable by Time
7 days
Dates
submitted
a day ago
in testing
20 hours ago
BZ#1918218 CVE-2021-21118 chromium-browser: Insufficient data
validation in V8
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0
BZ#1918219 CVE-2021-21119 chromium-browser: Use after free in Media
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0
BZ#1918220 CVE-2021-21120 chromium-browser: Use after free in WebSQL
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0
BZ#1918222 CVE-2021-21121 chromium-browser: Use after free in Omnibox
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0
BZ#1918223 CVE-2021-21122 chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink
0
0
BZ#1918224 CVE-2021-21123 chromium-browser: Insufficient data
validation in File System API
0
0
BZ#1918225 CVE-2021-21124 chromium-browser: Potential user after free
in Speech Recognizer
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0
BZ#1918226 CVE-2021-21125 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in File System API
0
0
BZ#1918227 CVE-2021-21126 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in extensions
0
0
BZ#1918228 CVE-2021-21127 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in extensions
0
0
BZ#1918229 CVE-2021-21129 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in File System API
0
0
BZ#1918230 CVE-2021-21130 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in File System API
0
0
BZ#1918231 CVE-2021-21131 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in File System API
0
0
BZ#1918232 CVE-2021-21132 chromium-browser: Inappropriate
implementation in DevTools
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0
BZ#1918233 CVE-2021-21133 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in Downloads
0
0
BZ#1918235 CVE-2021-21134 chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in
Page Info
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0
BZ#1918236 CVE-2021-21135 chromium-browser: Inappropriate
implementation in Performance API
0
0
BZ#1918237 CVE-2021-21136 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in WebView
0
0
BZ#1918238 CVE-2021-21137 chromium-browser: Inappropriate
implementation in DevTools
0
0
BZ#1918239 CVE-2021-21138 chromium-browser: Use after free in
DevTools
0
0
BZ#1918240 CVE-2021-21139 chromium-browser: Inappropriate
implementation in iframe sandbox
0
0
BZ#1918241 CVE-2021-21140 chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in USB
0
0
BZ#1918242 CVE-2021-21141 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy
enforcement in File System API
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0
BZ#1918277 CVE-2021-21118 CVE-2021-21119 CVE-2021-21120
CVE-2021-21121 CVE-2021-21122 CVE-2021-21123 CVE-2021-21124
CVE-2021-21125 CVE-2021-21126 CVE-2021-21127 CVE-2021-21129
CVE-2021-21130 CVE-2021-21131 CVE-2021-21132 ... chromium: various
flaws [fedora-all]
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