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Dev Channel Update
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 19.0.1084.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This build contains following updates:
Fixed issue cannot add GMail app to Chrome. [Issue:
119975
]
Fixed theme and bookmarks bar notifications. [Issue:
117027
]
Fixed popup prompting permission for flash plugin. [Issue:
120358
]
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching release channels?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Stable channel has
been updated to 18.0.1025.140
(Platform version: 1660.98.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48). Machines will be receiving updates to this version over the next several days.
Release highlights:
Read about improvements to
Chrome 18
Improvements to wifi connectivity
Improvements to File Manager
Stability & security updates
Improvements to video playback from File Browser
Updates to Pepper Flash
23036
- Caps lock is now triggered via the Shift + Search key combination (instead of the double Shift key combination).
Two finger click when resting/hovering thumb present fixed (users would see 3 finger clicks instead); Faulty 3 finger click turned off to correct this issue.
Shortcut key for submitting Feedback is set as Shift + Alt + i
Known issues:
26151
: Occasionally, some users experience loss of audio when playing long streaming videos. Rebooting the system restores audio.
26731
: When accessibility (verbal feedback) is enabled, viewing different pages causes the CPU usage to go to 100%. Restarting the machine resolves the issue temporarily.
Workaround
: Disable accessibility with audio feedback.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Danielle Drew
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 19.0.1081.2 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This build contains following updates:
Updated V8 - 3.9.24.1
The Other Devices menu on the new tab page restores the navigation history when a tab is restored.
[Windows] Disable file: or data: downloads for security hardening.
[Mac] Fixed:
Extension and download icons are drawn incorrectly
(Issue:
118755
)
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching release channels?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Release and Beta Channel Update
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Chrome team is excited to announce the release of Chrome 18 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. 18.0.1025.142 contains a number of new features including faster and fancier graphics.
More detailed updates are available on the
Chrome Blog
and the
Chromium Blog
.
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see
the Chromium security page
for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
Some of the items listed below represent the start of hardening measures based on study of the exploits submitted to the Pwnium competition.
[$
500
] [
109574
]
Medium
CVE-2011-3058: Bad interaction possibly leading to XSS in EUC-JP.
Credit to Masato Kinugawa.
[$
500
] [
112317
]
Medium
CVE-2011-3059: Out-of-bounds read in SVG text handling.
Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
[$
500
] [
114056
]
Medium
CVE-2011-3060: Out-of-bounds read in text fragment handling.
Credit to miaubiz.
[
116398
]
Medium
CVE-2011-3061: SPDY proxy certificate checking error.
Credit to Leonidas Kontothanassis of Google.
[
116524
]
High
CVE-2011-3062: Off-by-one in OpenType Sanitizer.
Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team.
[
117417
]
Low
CVE-2011-3063: Validate navigation requests from the renderer more carefully.
Credit to kuzzcc, Sergey Glazunov, PinkiePie and scarybeasts (Google Chrome Security Team).
[$
1000
] [
117471
]
High
CVE-2011-3064: Use-after-free in SVG clipping.
Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[$
1000
] [
117588
]
High
CVE-2011-3065: Memory corruption in Skia.
Credit to Omair.
[$
500
] [
117794
]
Medium
CVE-2011-3057: Invalid read in v8.
Credit to Christian Holler.
The bugs [
112317
], [
114056
] and [
117471
] were detected using
AddressSanitizer
.
We’d also like to thank miaubiz, Chamal de Silva, Atte Kettunen of OUSPG, Aki Helin of OUSPG and Arthur Gerkis for working with us during the development cycle and preventing security regressions from ever reaching the stable channel. $8000 of additional rewards were issued for this awesomeness.
This version also contains the new Adobe Flash release
, see
release notes
. Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in hopping on the stable channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Dev and Beta Channels Update for Chromebooks
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.140
(Platform versions: 1660.98.0) for Chromebooks (
Acer AC700,
Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
This build is also now available on the Dev channel for Cr-48 Chromebooks.
This build contains a number of stability improvements.
Known issues:
26151
: Occasionally, some users experience loss of audio when playing long streaming videos. Rebooting the system restores audio.
26731
: When accessibility (verbal feedback) is enabled, viewing different pages causes the CPU usage to go to 100%. Restarting the machine resolves the issue temporarily.
Workaround
: Disable accessibility with audio feedback.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Danielle Drew
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.140 for
Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
All
Fixed Font settings aren't saved on quit
(Issue:
112706
)
Fixed IME failure on specific flows with a windowless Flash
(Issue:
117758
)
Fixed Crash when creating a new tab while the previous one is still loading
(Issue:
87176
)
Fixed Drag and Drop issues (Issue:
119700
)
Chrome Frame
Fixed "Find Next" button does not work as intended (Issue:
112193
)
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revisions.
If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Friday, March 23, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 19.0.1077.3 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This build contains following updates:
Updated V8 - 3.9.23.0
Fixed dialog boxes in settings. (Issue:
118031
)
Fixed flash videos turning white on mac when running with --disable-composited-core-animation-plugins (Issue:
117916
)
Change to look for correctly sized favicon when multiple images are provided. (Issue:
118275
)
Fixed issues -
116044
,
117470
,
117068
,
117668
,
118620
Known Issues
[Mac] Extension and download icons are drawn incorrectly (Issue:
118755
)
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching release channels?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Friday, March 23, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to
18.0.1025.137
for Windows and
Chrome Frame.
This release contains some stability fixes.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Dev and Beta Channels Update for Chromebooks
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.120
(Platform versions: 1660.94.0) for Chromebooks (
Acer AC700,
Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
This build is also now available on the Dev channel for Cr-48 Chromebooks.
This build contains a number of stability improvements. Some highlights of these changes are:
110127
- The short-cut key for caps lock (Shift + Search) is disabled when an accessibility screen reader is enabled
26028
- Fixes an issue with files not being displayed in File Manager when some file names contain UTF-8 characters (generally accented characters).
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Danielle Drew
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to
18.0.1025.133
for Windows and
Chrome Frame.
This release brings back Swiftshader and gamepad.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Chrome Stable channel has been updated to 17.0.963.83 on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This release fixes issues with Flash games, along with the security fixes listed below.
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see
the Chromium security page
for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
Some of the items listed below represent the start of hardening measures based on study of the exploits submitted to the Pwnium competition.
[$
1000
] [
113902
]
High
CVE-2011-3050: Use-after-free with first-letter handling.
Credit to miaubiz.
[
116162
]
High
CVE-2011-3045: libpng integer issue from upstream.
Credit to Glenn Randers-Pehrson of the libpng project.
[$
1000
] [
116461
]
High
CVE-2011-3051: Use-after-free in CSS cross-fade handling.
Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
[
116637
]
High
CVE-2011-3052: Memory corruption in WebGL canvas handling.
Credit to Ben Vanik of Google.
[$
1000
] [
116746
]
High
CVE-2011-3053: Use-after-free in block splitting.
Credit to miaubiz.
[
117418
]
Low
CVE-2011-3054: Apply additional isolations to webui privileges.
Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
[
117736
]
Low
CVE-2011-3055: Prompt in the browser native UI for unpacked extension installation.
Credit to PinkiePie.
[$
2000
] [
117550
]
High
CVE-2011-3056: Cross-origin violation with “magic iframe”.
Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
Also, this single low severity issue was fixed in a previous patch but we forgot to issue proper credit:
[
108648
]
Low
CVE-2011-3049: Extension web request API can interfere with system requests.
Credit to Michael Gundlach.
More detailed updates are available on the
Chrome Blog
. Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in hopping on the stable channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
update: The Beta channel for Mac has now been updated to 18.0.1025.129. This brings back Print Preview.
The Beta channel has been updated to
18.0.1025.118
for Windows
Chrome Frame.
This release brings back Print Preview.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to
18.0.1025.116 or
18.0.1025.117 for Windows and
18.0.1025.117
Chrome Frame.
This release turns off swiftshader and gamepad.
These changes and the version differences are due to stability measures and some or all of these features may be enabled again in a future release
Please note that print preview will be turned back on in the next release.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Monday, March 19, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.113 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.
This release changes to turns off print preview and fixes a few known crashes and memory issues.
Please note that print preview will possibly be turned back on in a future release.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.109 for Windows, Mac, and Chrome Frame.
This release changes to V8 back version 3.8.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Friday, March 16, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.108 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.
This release changes to V8 version 3.7 and it contains fixes for a number of stability issues along with other bugs.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.100 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.
This release turns prerendering back on and it contains fixes for a number of stability issues along with other bugs.
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the
SVN revision log
. Interested in switching to the Beta channel?
Find out how
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Dev and Beta Channels Update for Chromebooks
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 18.0.1025.98
(Platform versions: 1660.84.0) for Chromebooks (
Acer AC700,
Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
The Dev channel has been updated to the same version 18.0.1025.98 (Platform version 1660.84.0) for Cr-48 Chromebooks.
This build contains a number of stability improvements. Some highlights of these changes are:
Fixes to 15753 & 25971 where Flash content on pages was causing tabs to freeze.
Wifi improvements
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Danielle Drew
Google Chrome
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