Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Number: AV16-102
Date: 20 June 2016

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to Google Chrome stable channel update.

Assessment

The stable channel has been updated to 51.0.2704.103 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

This update addresses vulnerabilities in Google Chrome.

CVE References:
CVE-2016-1704

Suggested action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly.

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2016/06/stable-channel-update_16.html

Note to Readers

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