July 17, 2008 1:29 PM PDT
Mozilla updates Firefox with three security patches
On Thursday, Mozilla pushed out a new security update for its new Firefox browser. Version 3.0.1 for Windows and Mac addresses vulnerabilities in malformed GIF files on Mac OS X, command-line URLs that could launch multiple tabs when Firefox is not running, and a potential remote code execution by overflowing CSS reference counter.
Meanwhile, Mozilla updated the earlier version of Firefox with 2.0.16 on Tuesday. The update addresses two of the Firefox 3 critical issues--command-line URLs and overflowing CSS reference counter.
Version-specific updates have been pushed out automatically to existing Firefox users.
Mozilla will continue to update Firefox 2 until mid-December.
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Let's see a service update for something the customer already has and can use without the update verses not even being able to get a phone and having to take home a non-working phone just to get it activated, if you can get it activated.
I'll take my free browser that I am using right now any day over a phone that I can't even put my hands on if I wanted to buy one.
At least FF isn't getting exploited everyday like IE.
[CNET editors' note: personal attack deleted].
Leria, You "knew" the FF3 wouldn't be perfect? How brilliant of you!
So forgiving?
Of what? That FF fixed the issue fast enough that it wasn't exploited?
If MS could do that we might be more forgiving of its thousands of flaws and exploits running around for it.
FireFox is just as buggy and can't get it right either..they still need to release security ptaches..so are you really safer with FireFox? Maybe a little, but the facts speak for themselves.
And yes, I will be slammed for this....but facts are facts..even if they are easily overlooked.
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by firefoxluva95
July 18, 2008 10:42 AM PDT
- Buggy? Define buggy as I haven't experienced any bugs. Security flaws are not really considered bugs, they are flaws. They are discovered by hackers who have the only goal of breaking into/compromising your system.
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1 | 2 | 3 | Next 10 Comments >>Security patches? Well obviously there needs to be security patches. You don't think hackers are gonna just sit there and keep trying to exploit the same security flaws No, what hackers do is attempt to find new ways to exploit things. They aren't stupid, they adapt with the patches. Nobody is safe when they are connected to other computers (the internet). There isn't 100% safe, there is safer. Think about it, Microsoft keeps with their patch Tuesday schedule. What if there's a security problem exploited on Wednesday the week before? Now think about Mozilla, oh there's a problem, let's fix it and push this build out ASAP. Also Firefox has been shown to be the most updated browser simply because of the easy way of updating using the partial update method. I still don't like downloading a full exe each time to update Opera and I certainly don't want to wait for Windows Update to update my IE. Obviously the must frequently updated and patched browser will be the safer one. The browser evolves with the dangerous environment on the internet much more quickly.