Firefox 3.5's First Vulnerability "Self-Inflicted" 156
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CWmike writes "Mozilla has confirmed the first security vulnerability in Firefox 3.5, saying that the bug could be used to hijack a machine running the company's newest browser. A noted Firefox contributor called the situation 'self-inflicted' and said it was likely that the hacker who posted public exploit code Monday became aware of the flaw by rooting through Bugzilla, Mozilla's bug- and change-tracking database. The vulnerability is in the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine that debuted with Firefox 3.5, said Mozilla. '[It] can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a victim into viewing a malicious Web page containing the exploit code,' Mozilla's security blog reported Tuesday."
Unacceptable (Score:4, Funny)
What do you mean there is a security exploit in a brand new version of a web browser? This is crazy, new versions of software should always be more secure then the previous versions.
Personally I'll be sticking with IE6, I never bought into this whole "Firefox" thing.
Yeah, right (Score:5, Funny)
'[It] can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a victim into viewing a malicious Web page containing the exploit code,' Mozilla's security blog reported [mozilla.com] Tuesday."
Oh sure, I'm definitely going to follow that link now.
Wimp! (Score:3, Funny)
I only use IE 5.5!
Re:Foundation, Not a Company (Score:4, Funny)
Right_Here [youtube.com]
Re:MOD PARENT UP (Score:5, Funny)
at least a baker's dozen?
Re:Wimp! (Score:4, Funny)
Pshaw. I use telnet, and read the native code. I don't even see the code anymore... Blonde, Brunette, Red-Head...
Reading sites that use SSL is a bit tricky, though.
Re:Nice test for the open source community (Score:3, Funny)
It's called fdisk
Re:Foundation, Not a Company (Score:3, Funny)