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Chrome bug squashed by Google | | 2008/09/10 | | It didn't take long for security researchers to find a critical flaw in the new Google Chrome Beta browser but, to their credit, it took even less time for Google to come up with a solution.
The automatic update appeared following the discovery of a vulnerability by researchers at a facility housed in the Hanoi University of Technology in Vietnam, Computer World reports.
A buffer overflow bug which can be employed by hackers to hi-jack computers was found to be present in the new Google product, according to Le Duc Anh from Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (BKIS).
By giving a long name while using Chrome's 'Save Page As' command, hackers can use the resultant stack-based buffer overflow to introduce additional malicious code.
A security advisory issue by BKIS went on to explain: "To exploit the vulnerability, a hacker might construct a specially-crafted Web page, which contains malicious code.
"The hacker would then trick users into visiting his site and convince them to save this page.
"Right after that, the code would be executed, giving him the privilege to make use of the affected system."
BKIS has said that although several Chrome bugs have been noted, only Chrome 0.2.149.27 is susceptible to attack. |
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