Google Releases Chrome 18.0.1025.151 Stable and Beta for all platforms

Google Chrome Stable and Beta Update
Google has released Chrome 18.0.1025.151 Stable and Beta for Linux, Macintosh, Windows, and Chrome Frame platforms to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. This update also includes fixes for a number of stability issues and other bugs from previous release. In addition, this version contains the new version of Adobe Flash Player (11.2.202.229) plug-in. The full details about changes that are in this version of Google Chrome listed in What's new in Google Chrome 18.0.1025.151 Stable section.

Google Chrome 18 contains some really great improvements including GPU accelerating 2D Canvas, and enabling 3D content for older GPUs. For most Windows and Mac users, Google've enabled GPU-accelerated rendering of 2D Canvas content, so that canvas-based games and animations run faster and feel smoother. You can go to chrome://gpu to see which features are being accelerated

Google Chrome 18 is now able to display 3D content via SwiftShader, a software rasterizer Google licensed from TransGaming, Inc. Although SwiftShader won’t perform as well as a real GPU, it will be an improvement for many of our users on older operating systems such as Windows XP.

Overview
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites, access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.

Install Google Chrome
To install Google Chrome 18.0.1025.151 Stable please visit http://www.google.com/chrome website.

Google Chrome 18.0.1025.151

What's new in Google Chrome 18.0.1025.151 Stable (April 5, 2012)
Google Chrome 18.0.1025.151 contains a number of new features and updates, including:
  • black screen on Hybrid Graphics system with GPU accelerated compositing enabled. (Issue: 117371)
  • CSS not applied to [content] element. (Issue: 114667)
  • Regression rendering a div with background gradient and borders. (Issue: 113726)
  • Canvas 2D line drawing bug with GPU acceleration. (Issue: 121285)
  • Multiple crashes. (Issues: 72235, 116825 and 92998)
  • Pop-up dialog is at wrong position. (Issue: 116045)
  • HTML Canvas patterns are broken if you change the transformation matrix. (Issue: 112165)
  • SSL interstitial error "proceed anyway" / "back to safety" buttons don't work. (Issue: 119252)

Security fixes and rewards:
  • [$500] [106577] CVE-2011-3066: Out-of-bounds read in Skia clipping. Credit to miaubiz. (Medium)
  • [117583] CVE-2011-3067: Cross-origin iframe replacement. Credit to Sergey Glazunov. (Medium)
  • [$1,000] [117698] CVE-2011-3068: Use-after-free in run-in handling. Credit to miaubiz. (High)
  • [$1,000] [117728] CVE-2011-3069: Use-after-free in line box handling. Credit to miaubiz. (High)
  • [118185] CVE-2011-3070: Use-after-free in v8 bindings. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined). (High)
  • [118273] CVE-2011-3071: Use-after-free in HTMLMediaElement. Credit to pa_kt, reporting through HP TippingPoint ZDI (ZDI-CAN-1528). (High)
  • [118467] CVE-2011-3072: Cross-origin violation parenting pop-up window. Credit to Sergey Glazunov. (Low)
  • [$1,000] [118593] CVE-2011-3073: Use-after-free in SVG resource handling. Credit to Arthur Gerkis. (High)
  • [$500] [119281] CVE-2011-3074: Use-after-free in media handling. Credit to Sławomir Błażek. (Medium)
  • [$1,000] [119525] CVE-2011-3075: Use-after-free applying style command. Credit to miaubiz. (High)
  • [$1,000] [120037] CVE-2011-3076: Use-after-free in focus handling. Credit to miaubiz. (High)
  • [120189] CVE-2011-3077: Read-after-free in script bindings. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno). (Medium)

Many of these bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.

Source: Google Chrome Releases

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