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Firefox 3.0.1 Fixes 'Carpet Bombing' Issue

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-the-bug-spray dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Firefox 3.0.1 was released today. It fixes 3 security vulnerabilities, including a critical issue reported by Billy Rios, Ben Turner, and Dan Veditz. The issue could be combined with an issue in Apple's Safari browser to read data from the user's disk or to execute arbitrary code. This issue was previously discussed on Slashdot. The release also fixes a remote code execution bug involving the CSS reference counter, reported by the Zero-Day Initiative (previously discussed on Slashdot here), as well as a Mac-only potential code execution bug involving GIF image rendering, reported by Drew Yao of Apple Product Security."

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  1. Re:Who Cares... by Vectronic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I for one, welcome our browser caring overlords.

    My issue is that "No one cares when Opera or Safari have a similar release. [or Internet Explorer, or Konqueror...]" but they do when its Firefox.

    Opera 9.51 went through a few RC's and a final and is on 9.52RC/Snapshot, Safari has gone through a couple *.*# and a whole #.0 in the last few months for Mac, Win and Mobile...

    But no, Firefox 3.1 Sub-Alpha-Hypothetical-Possibility-Beta-RC Build 3219 hits front page and we're supposed to eat a cracker drink some wine and pray to it, but oh wait, we're all for competition and innovation, as long as its Firefox Vs. Firefox.

    (stomps off)