Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Unpatched Firefox Flaw May Expose Users

Posted by Zonk on from the again dept.

Corrado writes "CNET is reporting on a new Firefox flaw." From the article: "The problem lies in the way Firefox handles Web links that are overly long and contain dashes, security researcher Tom Ferris said in an interview via instant messaging late Thursday. He posted an advisory and a proof of concept to the Full Disclosure security mailing list and to his Security Protocols Web site...The public bug disclosure comes just as Mozilla released the first beta of Firefox 1.5. The final release of the next Firefox update, which includes security enhancements, is due by year's end, according to the Firefox road map."

3 of 390 comments (clear)

  1. Let the Celebrations begin by Frankie70 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is a good time for slashdot's OSS cheerleaders
    to start celebrations about how fast this bug is going to be fixed & how great Open Source is.

  2. What if... by screevo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... there were a post like this every time a flaw was found in IE? IT: Unpatched IE Flaw May Expose Users Bug Posted by Zonk on Friday September 09, @11:16AM IT: Unpatched IE Flaw May Expose Users Bug Posted by Zonk on Friday September 09, @11:18AM IT: Unpatched IE Flaw May Expose Users Bug Posted by Zonk on Friday September 09, @11:20AM IT: Unpatched IE Flaw May Expose Users Bug Posted by Zonk on Friday September 09, @11:22AM

  3. Secure by design? by geekee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If I ever see another "secure by design" bs comment from /. idiots, I'll be sure to point out this story.

    --
    Vote for Pedro