Overview:
Google has released a new version 90 to fix high severity vulnerability in the V8 Javascript component of Google Chrome. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21227 is an insufficient data validation vulnerability. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute remote code.

CVEs assigned
CVE-2021-21227
CVE-2021-21228
CVE-2021-21229
CVE-2021-21230
CVE-2021-21231
CVE-2021-21232
CVE-2021-21233

Affected software:
Google Chrome before 90.0.4430.93.

Solution:
To address this vulnerability, the vendor has released security patches. For more information, please refer to our blog
Use SanerNow platform to apply this high severity patch quickly across the organization as shown below.

SanerNow: Vulnerability detection and patching of Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability:
1. Login to SanerNow platform
2. Switch to the account/site specific view and Go to 'VM tool'
3. If your Linux Operating System is vulnerable, Saner lists the CVE’s 'CVE-2021-21227' and other mentioned CVEs above in 'Top Vulnerabilities' or 'Recently Discovered Vulnerabilities' as shown in the below diagram

4. Search for this vulnerability in the VM tool. If you are affected, apply the patch through PM -> Missing Patches
5. Select 'Groups/Devices' in the 'Asset Source' section and click 'Apply'.
6. Select the 'Google Chrome' product from the 'Asset' section as shown in the below diagram.

7. Select 'Apply Selected Patches' at the rightmost corner. This will prompt for 'Creating Patching Task'. Fill in 'Task Name' and 'Remediation Schedule' as per your preference and click on 'Apply Selected Patches' as shown below,

8. Remediation job will be created, which will fix the vulnerability by upgrading the software and making the system immune to Google Chrome vulnerabilities.
9. Once remediation is done, the Saner agent automatically scans again and upload the result to SanerNow as shown below.