Google heeft versie 44 van zijn webbrowser Chrome uitgebracht. Google Chrome is beschikbaar voor Windows, Linux en OS X. Er zijn ook versies voor Android en iOS, maar die volgen een iets ander release-schema. In versie 44 treffen we onder meer diverse nieuwe app- en extention-api's aan en en zijn er verbeteringen met betrekking tot de stabiliteit en prestaties aangebracht. Verder is er weer een groot aantal beveiligingsproblemen verholpen. De releasenotes voor deze uitgave zien er als volgt uit:
Stable Channel Update
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 44 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 44.0.2403.89 contains a number of fixes and improvements, including:A list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 44.
- A number of new apps/extension APIs
- Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update includes 43 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:
- [446032] High CVE-2015-1271: Heap-buffer-overflow in pdfium.
- [459215] High CVE-2015-1273: Heap-buffer-overflow in pdfium.
- [461858] High CVE-2015-1274: Settings allowed executable files to run immediately after download.
- [462843] High CVE-2015-1275: UXSS in Chrome for Android.
- [472614] High CVE-2015-1276: Use-after-free in IndexedDB.
- [483981] High CVE-2015-1279: Heap-buffer-overflow in pdfium.
- [486947] High CVE-2015-1280: Memory corruption in skia.
- [487155] High CVE-2015-1281: CSP bypass.
- [487928] High CVE-2015-1282: Use-after-free in pdfium.
- [492052] High CVE-2015-1283: Heap-buffer-overflow in expat.
- [493243] High CVE-2015-1284: Use-after-free in blink.
- [504011] High CVE-2015-1286: UXSS in blink.
- [419383] Medium CVE-2015-1287: SOP bypass with CSS.
- [444573] Medium CVE-2015-1270: Uninitialized memory read in ICU.
- [451456] Medium CVE-2015-1272: Use-after-free related to unexpected GPU process termination.
- [479743] Medium CVE-2015-1277: Use-after-free in accessibility.
- [482380] Medium CVE-2015-1278: URL spoofing using pdf files.
- [498982] Medium CVE-2015-1285: Information leak in XSS auditor.
- [479162] Low CVE-2015-1288: Spell checking dictionaries fetched over HTTP.
- [512110] CVE-2015-1289: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.