Chrome gets patched after exploit bounties

Just before the Black Hat security conference begins, Google has patched seven security holes in its stable version of Chrome and has begun an effort to speed up the software industry's response to such vulnerabilities.

Google paid two US$1337 bounties for work that lets Chrome avoid critical security problems by sidestepping vulnerabilities in Windows and the widely used glibc software library, according to a Monday blog post about Chrome 5.0.375.125 by Jason Kersey of Google's Chrome team.

Also through its program to reward those who find Chrome security holes, Google issued payments to people who found three high-risk vulnerabilities and one medium-risk vulnerability. The final issue, a low-risk problem, elicited no payment.