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2 Firefox Security Flaws Lead to Exploit Potential

Posted by timothy on from the live-dangerously dept.

Marthisdil points out a News.com story which reports that "Two vulnerabilities in the popular Firefox browser have been rated "extremely critical" because exploit code is now available to take advantage of them." Security firm Secunia reported the vulnerabilities (and the "extremely critical" rating is theirs), but the News.com story points out that thus far, "no known cases have yet emerged where an attacker took advantage of the public exploit code." Update: 05/09 20:20 GMT by T : Rebron of the Mozilla Foundation sends a correction; this is really the same flaw reported yesterday. He suggests that you glance at the Mozilla security alert on this hole (as well other alerts at the Mozilla Security Center), and says "The Mozilla Foundation has made changes to our update servers that will protect users from this arbitrary code execution exploit."

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  1. Fris prost! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh yes :P

  2. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone's got a torrent?

    First post!!!

  3. News for Nerds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is rather sad that this story showed up on my wife's my yahoo page before it showed up on slashdot.

  4. white linux won't be vulnerable to these exploits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Seems the owner of the whiteboxlinux.net and whiteboxlinux.com domains has decided to offer them on ebay as a peace offering between wbel and himself.

    This is really great news so lets hope someone with WBEL enthusiasm steps up to build a respectable community site.

  5. Re:(OT) Request: Help From Moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You act like someone who never even saw a GNAA post. You're just gonna aggravate the mods, you know this, right?

    Anyway, welcome to Slashdot.

  6. Re:(OT) Request: Help From Moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, everybody, waste points modding down an AC!

  7. And... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like with the Apple dupe earlier, it will be deleted soon.

    Yay slashdot editors!

  8. Re:(OT) Request: Help From Moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    get a job faggot

  9. Re:And to think... by oskard · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you, +5 Funny

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    Sigs are for Terrorists.
  10. Change Icon by norm_z · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could we get a new icon for Firefox and dump the Mozilla icon?

  11. Patch available here by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    patch



    sorry, it was just so easy

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    Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?
  12. Re:sorry.. by bobbyjack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Got any good suggestions?

  13. An alternative by op12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why not try this? http://news.google.com/?ned=us&topic=t

    It actually covers many of the headlines seen recently on Slashdot, but without the dupes, and generally without the bias.

  14. Re:sorry.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because I don't mind preaching to the choir, I assume you don't either?

    I don't have a problem with Slashdot being what it is (if I had, I wouldn't be here, of course), I just think it'd be worth mentioning that what Slashdot calls news usually isn't that; I think news is by definition impartial.

    And, of course, sometimes we users do get over ourselves and that usually results in interesting discussion.

  15. Re:sorry.. by muzzmac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And yet like KFC, you keep coming back.

  16. Re:sorry.. by mikerozh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Then why do you read /.

  17. Re:sorry.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up to 6: The Truth