More Google Chrome Vulnerabilities emerge
It has been about a week since the initial release of Google's long awaited browser which marked Google's entry into the browser market. The launch created buzz especially on the Internet where blogs and news portals raced to be the first to post interface screenshots, tests and reviews about Google Chrome.
Even the mainstream media picked the story up. It was not uncommon to see radio and tv stations report on the new Google Browser.
Just one day after the release the first security vulnerability emerged and others followed suite.
The latest vulnerabilities emerged yesterday with the releases of proof-of-concept exploits for several Google Chrome vulnerabilities. They were kicked of by Ukrainian researchers who discovered a vulnerability that would download files automatically to the users computer. They published three specifically prepared websites that would download files automatically to the user's computer.
The second vulnerability is making use of a buffer overflow when saving pages which can result in remote code execution on the target system.
It has been about a week since the initial release of Google's long awaited browser which marked Google's entry into the browser market. The launch created buzz especially on the Internet where blogs and news portals raced to be the first to post interface screenshots, tests and reviews about Google Chrome.
Even the mainstream media picked the story up. It was not uncommon to see radio and tv stations report on the new Google Browser.
Just one day after the release the first security vulnerability emerged and others followed suite.
The latest vulnerabilities emerged yesterday with the releases of proof-of-concept exploits for several Google Chrome vulnerabilities. They were kicked of by Ukrainian researchers who discovered a vulnerability that would download files automatically to the users computer. They published three specifically prepared websites that would download files automatically to the user's computer.
The second vulnerability is making use of a buffer overflow when saving pages which can result in remote code execution on the target system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling the “SaveAs†function. On saving a malicious page with an overly long title
