subject: New Stable Version For Google Chrome Mitigates Flaws Exposed By Internet Security Researchers [print this page] Recently, Google issued patch for 13 vulnerabilities identified in Chrome 8 browser. The vulnerabilities were discovered by Internet security experts. Earlier Google had issued patch to mitigate 11 vulnerabilities including a critical vulnerability related to the auto fill feature in Chrome. The latest patch mitigates 4 high risk, 5 medium risk and 4 low risk vulnerabilities. The high-risk vulnerabilities patched are associated with history handling, video indexing, SVG animations and X path handling functions. Google has announced a total prize of $4,000 to 5 researchers. While 2 Internet security researchers received $500 each for discovering vulnerabilities related to history handling and mouse dragging event handling respectively, 3 researchers received $1,000 each for discovering vulnerabilities related to video indexing, SVG animations and X-path handling functions.
The latest patch release comes as a part of a new stable version 8.0.552.215 released by Security researchers at Google. The stable version mitigates over 800 bugs and improves product stability. The new version also offers a built-in-PDF-viewer. The PDF viewer is secured as a protected resource in Chrome's sandbox, inaccessible to other running applications. The first stable version of Chrome Browser was released two years back. Since then, Google has released new versions of Chrome at regular intervals. Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome rank among the most popular browsers relied upon by Internet users.
The attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities to cause of denial of service, execute malicious code, by-pass security boundaries and gain unauthorized access to privileged information. Software developers use ethical hacking techniques to uncover the vulnerabilities. In this case, vulnerabilities were discovered by Internet security experts from Google and other external researchers. Vulnerabilities in Software products are not uncommon and software developers frequently release security patch to ensure protection from hacking attacks.
Notwithstanding the security patches, software developers need to create awareness among their customers on the risks involved in the IT environment and the significance of adhering to security updates issued by them. As most of the attacks require user intervention to succeed, creating awareness on security issues may make Internet users more alert and lead to lesser number of security breaches.
