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New Vulnerabilities Discovered in Firefox 1.0
jflint writes "Today, the security firm Secunia has released 8 more security vulnerabilities it has discovered in Mozilla products, including Firefox and Thunderbird. The exploits "could be used by criminals to spoof, or fake, various aspects of a Web site, ranging from its SSL secure site icon to the contents of an inactive tab.""
It's open source so it will get fixed quickly post.
you can find the patch here. ;)
Marge, get me your address book, 4 beers, and my conversation hat.
Oh my God! I'm switching back to Internet Explorer right away!
Anyone taking bets how long these will take to fix? 2 weeks?
I still feel safer than when I use IE.
I'd say let's start the clock and see how long this takes to get fixed but...
I actually got an email from a friend of mine on the redmond campus warning me to be careful since I use that dangerous firefox browser about 3 hours ago. I told him I wouldn't believe it until I saw it on slashdot! :D
Your bank can and will ask you to confirm your password at random intervals via email.
If in doubt about who sent the email, click on the link they provide in the email to get to your bank's website to make sure it's them.
And remember, even banks sometimes forget to get their ssl certificates in order. No worries though, MS has been focusing on security for the last couple of years and IE is almost as solid as Firefox is....
That's why I use Firef... uhhh what???
Firefox 1.0.1? What the..?! Windows Update never mentioned a thing about that, must be broken!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
MOD GREAT GRANDPARENT UP
Geminatron
Most all software has serious bugs, and the up-tick in firefox bug was as predictable as the sun rising. The real key is going to be in how the bugs are dealt with.
What a great attitude. I've got to try that one on my boss sometime.
"Hey man, chill out. I'm like Firefox with all these bugs, and you know, everybody likes Firefox. I actually wrote those intentionally so people would love my software! Vat a Kantry!"
Doku
I too have noticed that lately the /. front page has not been reloading correctly. I am in no way an expert with web page design, so correct me if I am wrong, but could it have something to do with style sheets?
/. front page and no other page that I frequent.
I only have this problem is only with the
...slashdot doesn't display correctly in Firefox 1.0+
More at 11.
Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft.
Given that it's a free download, if you bought Internet Explorer, you *should* be fired.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
I use Internet Explorer.
I think you mean, you won't believe until you have seen the dupe on slashdot.
meh
MS Spokeperson:
Firefox is really not enterprise ready. Just look at the rate of patches. Why in the product's entire lifecycle, they've only had one patch to a production release. Only one!!! Compare that to Internet Explorer, which not a day used to go by that we'd patch something, or make a fix of some form. We've produced more IE patches and fixes than Firefox can ever dream of.
Thusly, we must be much more focused on security. If Firefox/Mozilla were, don't you think they'd have to patch their software as much?
A site that just compiles a list of information produced by others? Who would read something like that?
Maybe if it had comments.....
paintball
Firefox, a version 1.0 product, has minor defects?
OMG, I demand a full refund now!
(But I sure am glad that people smarter than I am are able to inspect the code, find and expose the bugs before disaster strikes.)
What would Groucho do?