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Mozilla discloses fixes to Firefox flaws
InfoWorld ^ | 25 March 2010 | Gregg Keize

Posted on 03/26/2010 10:27:21 AM PDT by ShadowAce

Mozilla patched more than one vulnerability in Firefox when it updated the browser to version 3.6.2 on Monday, the company confirmed today.

A total of 10 flaws were fixed in Firefox 3.6.2, according to Mozilla's security advisory page, but details of others have been withheld until the company updates the older Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 browsers. Mozilla is scheduled to ship the updates, Firefox 3.0.19 and Firefox 3.5.9, next Tuesday, March 30.

[ Earlier this week Mozilla issued the Firefox 3.6.2 update to fix a critical flaw in its browser. | Learn how to secure your systems with Roger Grimes' Security Adviser blog and newsletter, both from InfoWorld. ]

Mozilla accelerated the release of Firefox 3.6.2 because a Russian researcher had announced a critical vulnerability in how the browser decodes the Web Open Font Format (WOFF), a Web-based font standard. Only Firefox 3.6 supports WOFF.

However, four of the vulnerabilities already patched in Firefox 3.6.2 also apply to older editions of the browser. One of the 10 fixed flaws that Mozilla ranked as "low" in its four step scoring system, one tagged as "high" and two marked as "critical."

Mozilla patched those bugs last month when it issued Firefox 3.0.18 and Firefox 3.5.8.

Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer@ix.netcom.com .

Read more about security in Computerworld's Security Knowledge Center.

Correction: This story as originally posted erroneously stated that Mozilla had released technical details of unpatched vulnerabilities. Those flaws were actually patched in February; Mozilla kept that information secret. The article has been amended.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: broswer; firefox; mozilla

1 posted on 03/26/2010 10:27:22 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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2 posted on 03/26/2010 10:27:36 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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i stopped using firefox because it crashed on my win 7 multiple times per day.


3 posted on 03/26/2010 10:28:41 AM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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I wish the Opera gui was closer to what seems to be developing as an industry standard. It’s faster and cleaner than firefox but when I gotta search for how to do stuff, it gets old...


4 posted on 03/26/2010 10:31:09 AM PDT by djf
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To: ken21

microsoft strikes again...


5 posted on 03/26/2010 10:39:23 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: ShadowAce

Its still better than IE.


6 posted on 03/26/2010 10:39:46 AM PDT by world weary
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To: ken21

“i stopped using firefox because it crashed on my win 7 multiple times per day.”

Same here.


7 posted on 03/26/2010 10:40:19 AM PDT by Magic Fingers
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To: ken21

I’ve never seen Firefox crash in W7.


8 posted on 03/26/2010 10:41:03 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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i stopped using firefox because it crashed on my win 7 multiple times per day.

I understood that the Firefox/Win 7 problem was in version 3.5 and 3.6 corrected it. Any confirmation from users??

9 posted on 03/26/2010 10:47:22 AM PDT by CedarDave (Obamacare, cap/trade, etc. - all have the same goal: Government control and power over individuals)
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To: ShadowAce

New version is much better...so far.


10 posted on 03/26/2010 10:48:30 AM PDT by Cedar
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To: AFreeBird

“I’ve never seen Firefox crash in W7.”

I’ve had real problems with it crashing in W7. And since the last update, I lost Adobe.


11 posted on 03/26/2010 10:52:16 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade, There are only two sides. Pick one.)
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To: nutmeg

bookmark


12 posted on 03/26/2010 10:52:51 AM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: ShadowAce

Just keep ‘em updated, fewer worries than with any M$ product.


13 posted on 03/26/2010 11:02:45 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: djf

I’ve tried and retried Opera probably 5 times since I’ve been at FR. I don’t like the GUI. If I have to look up anything about how to use the browser, it’s too complicated. I’m sticking with FF. Safari is my backup.


14 posted on 03/27/2010 6:42:55 AM PDT by Clara Lou (I deem Barack Obama unfit to be an American, much less a POTUS.)
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