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joglynne

20-03-2010 13:25

Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this thread but as it deals with a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox thought I would post it here.

Quote:

"The vulnerability was determined to be critical and could result in remote code execution by an attacker," Mozilla acknowledged in a post to its security blog late Thursday. "The vulnerability has been patched by developers and we are currently undergoing quality assurance testing for the fix."

As Mozilla will not be sending a patch before the release of 3.6.2 on 30th March anyone concerned can upgrade Firefox to the beta of version 3.6.2, which includes the fix, by downloading the preview.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...al_Firefox_bug

Raistlin

20-03-2010 13:27

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

Thanks Jo :tu:

Zee	23-03-2010 02:08

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

German government urges users to scrap Firefox 3.6

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...ap_Firefox_3.6

darren.b

23-03-2010 08:41

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

I just got alerted to update to 3.6.2 so Mozilla must have released it early :tu:

moiraf100

23-03-2010 14:32

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

Me too, on a PC at work.
I downloaded the Mac beta at home last night.

joglynne

23-03-2010 15:31

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

I am assuming either the threat was bigger than the usual vulnerabilities Firefox has previously had, or the German Government 's reaction has worried Mozilla but having a proper fix is reassuring. I hate beta versions of anything. It will be interesting to see what the update still scheduled for the 30th March contains.

multiskilled

23-03-2010 16:13

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

Well I just clicked on the check for updates button under the help on the menu bar and it said 3.6.2 available, no mention it was in beta. I've downloaded and installed.

joglynne

23-03-2010 18:25

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

Quote:

Originally Posted by multiskilled (Post 34985673)

Well I just clicked on the check for updates button under the help on the menu bar and it said 3.6.2 available, no mention it was in beta. I've downloaded and installed.

Not in beta now, Mozilla have revised their position since my original opening post and have to-day released a finished up-date but are still scheduled to give us another one on the 30th.

toonlight

23-03-2010 19:53

Re: Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

Quote:

Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 34985761)

Not in beta now, Mozilla have revised their position since my original opening post and have to-day released a finished up-date but are still scheduled to give us another one on the 30th.

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Just gone into my help button (menu) > updates the new installversion/patch is ready & has been already download - thats as of 18:48pm GMT time 23/03/10 :redcard:
So grab it folks, as any holes in browsers software is not good..... have fun kids :naughty::cleader:
Oh yes here (below) is the direct web page link for the fingered people out there :shocking: ~

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/3.6.2/releasenotes/

toonlight

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