Google issues Chrome security update

The Chrome update fixes nine flaws

Google has posted a security update for its Chrome web browser, addressing nine vulnerabilities in the Mac, Linux and Windows versions of the Chrome stable release.
The US Computer Emergency Response Team reported that successful exploits of the vulnerabilities could lead to denial-of-service and remote code execution attacks.

Four of the nine flaws in the Stable Channel Update are rated as a 'high' security risk, and were credited to outside researchers who were paid sums ranging from $500 to $1,000 (£330 to £660) through Google's paid disclosure programme.

The remaining five vulnerabilities include one rated as a 'medium' risk and four listed as 'low' risk.

The Chrome fixes come less than a week before the expected update from Microsoft on 13 July.

Mozilla, meanwhile, has posted the first beta versions of Firefox 4.