Google Chrome Stable 40.0.2214.111 is out, available for Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mageia and Mandriva

Google Chrome Stable 40.0.2214.111 is out, available for Fedora 21, Fedora 20, OpenSUSE 13.1, OpenSUSE 13.2, Mageia 5 and Mandriva

Google Chrome, or Chrome, is a web browser software that tries to compete with major players, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and even the Opera web browser. It is available for the Linux, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems. But Google Chrome is more than a web browser, as it combines sophisticated open source technology, borrowed from the Chromium application, into a minimal design, all in order to help users surf the web much faster, a lot easier, and safer than ever before.

What's new in Google Chrome 40.0.2214.111:
This update includes 11 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chromium security page for more information:

• [447906] High CVE-2015-1209: Use-after-free in DOM. Credit to Maksymillian Motyl.
• [453979] High CVE-2015-1210: Cross-origin-bypass in V8 bindings. Credit to anonymous.
• [453982] High CVE-2015-1211: Privilege escalation using service workers. Credit to anonymous.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:

• [455225] CVE-2015-1212: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Features at a glance

A unique functionality of the Google Chrome application is its ability to search the web directly from the address bar. Just type one or more words in the address bar and immediately get suggestions for popular web pages. The application displays thumbnails of your top websites on the new tab page, a function that is popularly called Speed Dial. This functionality is also available on other similar products, and it allows you to easily access your favorite web pages instantly, with lightning speed, from any new tab.

Install Google Chrome Stable 40.0.2214.111 on Fedora 21, Fedora 20, OpenSUSE 13.1, OpenSUSE 13.2, Mageia 5 and Mandriva :

32 bit :

Fedora 21 and Fedora 20:
Create the repository config file /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo:

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386/
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

Install google-chrome-stable rpm package:

# yum install google-chrome-stable

OpenSUSE 13.1 and OpenSUSE 13.2 :
Add the Google Chrome repository:

# zypper addrepo http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386/ google-chrome-i386

Install google-chrome-stable rpm package:

# zypper install google-chrome-stable

Mandriva, Mageia:

Add the Google Chrome repository:

# urpmi.addmedia http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386/ with hdlist.cz

Update packages list:

# urpmi.update -a

Install google-chrome-stable rpm package:

# urpmi google-chrome-stable

64 bit :

Fedora 21 and Fedora 20:
Create the repository config file /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo:

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64/
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

Install google-chrome-stable rpm package:

# yum install google-chrome-stable

OpenSUSE 13.1 and OpenSUSE 13.2:
Add the Google Chrome repository:

# zypper addrepo http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64/ google-chrome-x86_64

Install google-chrome-stable rpm package:

# zypper install google-chrome-stable

Mandriva, Mageia:

Add the Google Chrome repository:
# urpmi.addmedia http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64/ with hdlist.cz

Update packages list:

# urpmi.update -a

Install google-chrome-stable rpm package:

# urpmi google-chrome-stable