Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser, fixing six high-risk security bugs in the process and paying out $8,500 in bug bounties along the way.
The latest version of Chrome, version 10.0.648.204, also includes a number of other new features for some of the supported platforms. The Linux version of Chrome now supports the password manager for Linux, as well as some performance and stability upgrades.
One security researcher, Sergey Glazunov, took home a total of $7,000 in bug bounties for reporting four separate bugs to Google. The company has paid out more than $100,000 since the inception of its bug bounty program, and a good portion of the bugs that outside researchers have reported to the company have been rated either high or critical.
The security fixes that Google included in the new release of Chrome are:
The new version of Chrome is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.
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