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611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities Found In Firefox

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rolling-in-bugs dept.

Danny Begonia writes, "Some folks at Klocwork examined the large and complicated code base of the popular open source browser, Firefox. Overall, Firefox is a well written and high quality piece of software. Several builds were performed on the code, culminating in the final analysis of version 1.5.0.6. The analysis resulted in 611 defects and 71 potential security vulnerabilities. The Firefox team has been given the analysis results, and they will determine if or how they will deal with the issues." What are your thoughts — do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?

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  1. Answer: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > What are your thoughts -- do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?

    No, they're going to sweep this under the rug and disappear anyone else who audits their code. What the fuck do you think?

  2. Re:Memory leaks by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    God-damned copy and pasta bug!!!

    What, is it giving you spaghetti when you wanted ravioli?

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  3. Re:which one of those bugs was the by ThePlague · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not a bug, it's a feature.

  4. Re:Obvious. by IAmTheDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, can we get them to run the tests on the Diebold voting machines?

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