Google releases high-priority Chrome security repairs
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Google updated the stable and beta builds of its Chrome browser on Tuesday, making a fix marked as critical to the Mac version and numerous repairs marked as high-priority across all platforms. Chrome 6.0.472.59 for Windows, Mac and Linux also repaired a Linux-specific memory-corruption bug.
At the time of writing, the critical Mac bug was still blocked from public view. This is not uncommon with bugs that can represent serious security risks. Judging by its public security logs, Google appears to be releasing details on fixed bugs no earlier than a week after the bug has been repaired.
Other security issues that were addressed include multiple high-level bugs involving use-after-free in document APIs, SVG styles and nested SVG elements. Two high-level memory corruption bugs were also fixed, one in the HTML 5 geolocation feature, and another in language handling for Khmer. Finally, a small number of users who experienced browser crashes when blocking pop-ups should now see that fixed. The Chrome 6.0.472.59 changelog can be read at Google's Chrome updates blog.
For more of this story, read Security fixes land in Chrome 6 on CNET News.
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Google may be the King of Datamining, but so far they seem to be coding their browser to be self-contained, which is the way web browsers should have been designed all along, just like any other application.
Gotta agree with dcnblues. Give us the answer, not just a problem.
I ran Chrome as a default for one month to test it. That's what i do with all browsers. It ran fine, it did stuff fast. But, for example, why give me a search window along with an address bar?
Henri
You probably downloaded another chromium based browser OR you might have mistakenly installed an extension. I use the latest dev version of Google Chrome and I haven't spotted any extra search window in any past nor the current version.
If you are actually seeing this extra search window in Goolge Chrome itself (even after just installing it), simply report the bug using the "Wrench/Tools/Report Bug" link.
I've been following these articles for many years and have never found an instance with any of the above named browses where a problem actually occurred. It may may make a good story line to provide hypothetical deficiencies and the consequential patching by the respective vendor, but no one has ever seen a material issue to report.
Cases of Chrome or Firefox running on Windows is a different story. The application vendor is adjusting their software to counteract deficiencies in Windows. This is only starting to be accurately reported by Ryan in his articles.
Virtually all known malware has passeed through the doors of IE capitalizing on its deficiencies and that of Windows. As one poster alluded to above, IE was intentionally designed to be entangled with the OS so it could be proprietary with Windows. Microsoft in it's quest for domination has destroyed it's own security reputation.
Windows is not necessary any more.
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