Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS
Monday, February 24, 2014
Update: Samsung Chromebook has been updated to 33.0.1750.124 (Platform version: 5116.88.2)
The Stable channel has been updated to 33.0.1750.124 (Platform version: 5116.88.0) for all Chrome OS devices except Samsung Chromebook. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.
Some highlights of these changes are:
Security fixes and rewards:
The Stable channel has been updated to 33.0.1750.124 (Platform version: 5116.88.0) for all Chrome OS devices except Samsung Chromebook. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.
Some highlights of these changes are:
- Added policies for admins to set/allow avatar for public sessions.
- Enabled the ability to playback content protected videos in HD in all ARM devices.
- Enabled people search for contacts in the launcher. You can start a Hangouts chat or email them.
- New first-run UI to provide a more lightweight, polished, and personalized experience.
We highlight fixes contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome
- [$1000][306959] Medium CVE-2013-6659: Issue with certificates validation in TLS handshake. Credit to Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and Karthikeyan Bhargavan from Prosecco, Inria Paris.
- [328620] GPU sandbox would be disabled in certain situations. Credit to Julien Tinnes of Google Chrome Security Team.
- [336284] User login whitelist could be bypassed in certain situations.
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome