• Google Chrome -- Out of Beta But Still Buggy

    Google Chrome -- Out of Beta But Still Buggy

    Techtree News Staff, Dec 15, 2008 1506 hrs IST

    Google Chrome is out of beta stage but still has critical vulnerabilities related to password management in the browser

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Though Google Chrome might be out of its beta stage, it still has a long and difficult journey ahead. As Guardian's Technology Blog reported, critical vulnerabilities were found in Google Chrome by Chapin Information Systems (CIS). Five popular browsers were tested. Chrome did not perform well in the tests.

As per CIS, Google Chrome has critical flaws related to its password management function. CIS had tested Opera 9.62, Firefox 3.0.4, Internet Explorer 7.0, Safari 3.2, and Chrome 1.0. Opera 9.62 and Firefox 3.0.4 faired well in the test by passing seven of the 21 tests, while Chrome 1.0 and Safari 3.2 managed to pass only two.

Chrome's password manager had revealed critical flaws in the tests. Hackers can easily obtain user passwords since the browser neither checks password request location nor password sent location. Also, form elements coded to be invisible can trigger password management. Users will have to rely on some other software, web service, or their memory to remember their passwords.

CIS says, "These three problems, combined with seventeen others so far identified in Chrome's password manager, form a toxic soup of potential vulnerabilities that can coalesce into broad insecurity."

Chrome has a lot to catch up on when it comes to community-based development; after all, browsers become better and faster after developers learn from the mistakes of others.

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(5) Comments
Mehul Jain
,New Delhi, on Mar 08, 2009 03:59 PM
Chrome handles the JavaScripts much smoother than Firefox, but its got lots of stuff to get fixed YET!. Until that... Firefox Rules...!!!
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crystal
,jerramungup, on Dec 22, 2008 01:24 PM
google is faster than any internet
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basant
,delhi, on Dec 17, 2008 12:26 PM
hi plz download
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Nico
,Washington D.C, USA, on Dec 16, 2008 01:07 AM
Oh just STFU already Johnmarcus you sound like a Google FANBOY. Pls cut the crap this news does not even concern Microsoft...why even bring them up? Can't you give examples of Linux? or any other software for that matter?? Christ freaking Google Fanboys! All trying to show MS down.
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Johnmarcus
,Seattle, on Dec 15, 2008 10:35 PM
Most software is buggy. Microsoft in the past was at the top of the list. Beta or not it doesn't seem to make a difference. Ultimate corrections often come from inputs provided by the users.ua
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