Google has been released Chrome Browser version 5.0.375.55 to the Stable channel for Linux, Mac and Windows. Below are a list of major security issues fixed in the latest release.
Security Fixes:
- [7713] Medium Canonicalize URLs closer to the Safe Browsing specification. Credit to Brett Wilson of the Chromium development community.
- [16535] High Possible URL bar spoofing via unload event handlers. Credit to Michal Zalewski, Google Security Team.
- [30079] Medium Memory error in Safe Browsing interaction. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
- [39740] Medium Bypass of whitelist-mode plugin blocker. Credit to Darin Fisher of the Chromium development community.
- [41469] Medium Memory error with drag + drop. Credit to kuzzcc.
- [42228] High Incorrect execution of Javascript in the extension context. Credit to Andrey Kosyakov of the Chromium development community.
Please check the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that certain bug related information may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix for Chrome 5.
I have provided the link to download the Google Chrome Offline Installer in one of my previous posts. Click here to go now.
