WebDriver.createSession Error in Protractor after Chrome Update

We run our protractor tests in Chrome instance via xvfb server. Last week after Chrome update to 60.0.3112.90, it began to fail with the following error.

+ xvfb-run -d '--server-args=-screen 0 1280x1024x24' protractor protractor.config.js
[00:07:03] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[00:07:03] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[00:07:03] E/launcher - Server terminated early with status 1
[00:07:03] E/launcher - Error: Server terminated early with status 1
    at Error (native)
    at earlyTermination.catch.e (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/remote/index.js:252:52)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:109:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/chrome.js:709:29)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/lib/driverProviders/direct.ts:90:25)
    at Runner.createBrowser (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/lib/runner.ts:225:39)
    at q.then.then (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/lib/runner.ts:391:27)
    at _fulfilled (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
[00:07:03] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199
Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure

The solution was to use an older version of Chrome driver for Selenium, via the following command:

webdriver-manager clean
webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome 2.28