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Firefox 0.10.1 Released, Fixes Security Hole

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday October 2, 2004 @01:41AM from the hole-in-the-dam dept.

_xeno_ writes "Firefox 0.10.1 was released today to fix a security flaw that could potentially allow a malicious site to erase files from the user's Download directory. If you already have Firefox 0.10 installed, you can go to Tools, Options, and choose Advanced, go to Software Updates and choose Check Now to grab the patch."

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This may sound stupid... by -kertrats- · 2004-10-02 01:43 · Score: 5, Interesting

But what exactly is the worry here? It deletes files in your download directory? Does that really matter? Could someone enlighten me on why its worth the bother to uninstall and reinstall for this?

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When... by Moby+Cock · 2004-10-02 01:48 · Score: 5, Interesting

I'm just curious if anybody knows how long this patch took to be released. That is, what was the turnaround time from the discovery of the bug to the release of this patch? In the past it has been a fast as a few hours. The longest I think was only a day or too.