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New bugs in browsers

Link to Reg article

Not wishing to favour either FF or IE, looks like there are new bugs in both :(

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Originally Posted by El Reg

Mozilla has patched a vulnerability in its popular Firefox web browser that could allow hackers to snaffle information from the PCs of surfers. The JavaScript-related security bug, which affected versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 of Firefox, created a means for hackers to seize potentially sensitive information in memory.
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It claims the FF bug is fixed, but I just did a 'Check for Updates' and nothing turned up. Their solution of disabling Javascript means you can't post in CF :shocked:

Re: New bugs in browsers

Ahem. Look at my sig..

Re: New bugs in browsers

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Originally Posted by scastle

Ahem. Look at my sig..

And if that ever becomes a really popular choice for www users you'll see it's just as vulnerable..................

The fact that it is less common is it's strong point as far as security goes.....

FF has an upsurge in users and then security problems, I wonder why? :D

Re: New bugs in browsers

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Originally Posted by purenuman

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Originally Posted by scastle

Ahem. Look at my sig..

All true.. Was just pointing out that Opera is not affected..

Re: New bugs in browsers

Version 1.03 of FF is due out soon, but one security change may not be introduced in the release.

Re: New bugs in browsers

Mal's link actually points to http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007898.html which has the location of the 1.03 installer.

Loaded it and it fixes the bug reported by Secunia.

Re: New bugs in browsers

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

Mal's link actually points to http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007898.html which has the location of the 1.03 installer.

Loaded it and it fixes the bug reported by Secunia.

According to my link, they're just release candidates, not the final release. So things may change before the final release.

Re: New bugs in browsers

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Originally Posted by scastle

All true.. Was just pointing out that Opera is not affected..

:tu:

Well stop promoting it if you want it to stay safe ;)

:D

Re: New bugs in browsers

who cares what you use, as long as its not IE ;)