On 21:42, Tue 10 May 05, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The BBC website is now carrying a story about an alleged security > vulnerability of Firefox. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4532127.stm > I checked on the "From other news sites" section of the article for > possible sources and found this. > http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39130254,00.htm > I sound want to sound overly suspicious but the silicon article is > straddled by a big advert for Windows XP SP2. The article also says, > "Mozilla has changed its update web service and advises people to > temporarily disable JavaScript.". > I've just has a look around the Mozilla Firefox site and can't find > anything about it; not even in the firefox forums where you'd expect it > to feature prominently. > Has anyone heard anything about this? > Cheers, > Jonathan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCgQ6r64+f0AXUe+4RArDLAKCEBLxDa+9+TKiJYm8sYvyXguJRDACfUU0M > k4BNs9Z9q1JVf3GE+kWyO3I= > =LwQt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Mozilla has already had a fix for it, check your local sites, Firefox 1.04 rc is now out. Some claim it as a RC but I assume they will push this pretty fast. http://lwn.net/Articles/135342/ This is an example of how fast Open Source works to fix security problems. Like the article points out, I hope all the news agencies pick it up as fast as they did the orginal problem. Gnu_Raiz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
