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News Mozilla confirms 0-day Firefox flaw

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 22 Mar 2010
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  2. mi1ez

    mi1ez Modder

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    A Firefox flaw! Somewhat of a rarity.
     
    mi1ez, 22 Mar 2010
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  3. yuusou

    yuusou Multimodder

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    ZOMG the end of the world! Here I thought there were such things as perfect applications...
     
    yuusou, 22 Mar 2010
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  4. Pieface

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    The new firefox has messed up for me a fair bit. One forum I can't post fully, or use quotes ad the text editor just won't work.
     
    Pieface, 22 Mar 2010
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  5. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    yeah I have the minefield 3.7 build installed too.. but I still use 3.6

    3.6 seems slower at everything than 3.5.7- it's the saddle pops that need to worry =]
     
    thehippoz, 22 Mar 2010
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  6. l3v1ck

    l3v1ck Fueling the world, one oil well at a time.

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    "Are you disappointed to see the Mozilla Foundation taking so long to patch a vulnerability in its browser software,"

    You can patch it now if you want, using the nightly build. Even if you don't, a week is much less time than MS take to patch IE.
     
    l3v1ck, 22 Mar 2010
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  7. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    I'm already using Minefield 3.7a4pre, doubt this concerns me. :)
     
    rickysio, 22 Mar 2010
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  8. leexgx

    leexgx CPC hang out zone (i Fix pcs i do )

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    opera here so not really an issue (you have to get past UAC as well if opera had an issue)
     
    leexgx, 22 Mar 2010
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  9. RichCreedy

    RichCreedy Hey What Who

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    but at least with internet explorer you know there may be a risk, people using firefox think they are immune( the average person)
     
    RichCreedy, 22 Mar 2010
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  10. Showerhead

    Showerhead What's a Dremel?

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    Germany warning it's citizens again similar to what it did with IE from bbc
     
    Showerhead, 22 Mar 2010
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  11. airchie

    airchie What's a Dremel?

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    What's the nature of the exploit?
    In my experience, it tends to be that exploits usually use javascript to leverage a flaw and so Noscript usually blocks it.

    Anyway, the bitdefender news earlier highlights the issues with rushing out poorly-tested code. ;)
     
    airchie, 22 Mar 2010
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  12. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    okay so for the next couple of weeks I will just switch to my other browser eg Chrome. :) Until this all passes.
     
    HourBeforeDawn, 22 Mar 2010
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  13. DeX

    DeX Mube Codder

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    Which version(s) of Firefox are affected by this flaw?
     
    DeX, 22 Mar 2010
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  14. leexgx

    leexgx CPC hang out zone (i Fix pcs i do )

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    it would be all i guess
     
    leexgx, 22 Mar 2010
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  15. cyrilthefish

    cyrilthefish What's a Dremel?

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    So let me get this straight:

    It's somehow Mozilla's fault that it's taken a month to fix a bug, when the person that discovered the bug refuses to let them know what the bug exactly *was* for quite some time :eyebrow:

    "you have a bug!"
    mozilla: "omg what is it?"
    <tumbleweed>
    <time passes>
    "omg you haven't fixed the bug!¬"
     
    cyrilthefish, 22 Mar 2010
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  16. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    The public use ones. The nightly builds are safe.
     
    rickysio, 23 Mar 2010
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  17. crazyceo

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    Hilarious! and to think many would have changed to firefox since the browser choice screen a few weeks ago. Now you have Germany telling it's population to switch until it's fixed. France is sure to follow as it always does. UK won't do anything since they would have fixed it before the UK "government" would have planned a response.

    So who will benefit from this? Opera? IE? or the many other browsers apparently no one scrolled along to look at? Somebody will because those who recently changed will happily move away as they wont have any loyalty to Firefox.
     
    crazyceo, 23 Mar 2010
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  18. mi1ez

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    mi1ez, 23 Mar 2010
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  19. crazyceo

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    crazyceo, 23 Mar 2010
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  20. DocWolfe

    DocWolfe What's a Dremel?

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    My firefox just downloaded 3.6.2
     
    DocWolfe, 23 Mar 2010
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