Migrate to FF 31.6.0 ESR:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/31.6.0esr/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/
~K
On Monday, April 13, 2015 4:12 AM, Private <[email protected]> wrote:
I am currently using FF 31.5 ESR. I note the security warnings on
freakattack,CVE-2015-0291 and wonder if they pose a threat to OiOS?
Reference
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0291
mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/
Robert
On 11/04/2015 03:36, Fred Kimball via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> On Friday, April 10, 2015 9:18 AM, Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems
> Administrator] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 04/10/15 03:10 PM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:
>>> The failures have varying forms:
>>>
>>> A text file will sometimes be displayed instead of downloaded. Sometimes it
>>> will be downloaded, sometimes it all fails.
>>> A pdf download will most often fail, but occasionally be downloaded.
>>> Zip och bz or tar packages have so far never failed.
>>>
>>> What gives??
>>>
>>> As stated in the subject, I have tested a few different reasonably modern
>>> FF versions, and they all behave the same.
>>>
>>> Version 3.6 works well, and has never failed a download.
>>> (However, several functions on web sites, such as Google Groups and Gmail,
>>> aren't really useful in v 3.6. Too many features are
>>> marginal with this version.)
>>>
>>> What could be the reason for the failed downloads???
>>>
>>> I have tested starting a fresh profile, but nothing helps, so the Firefox
>>> Refresh might not be very useful, But I notice that it
>>> isn't available.
>>>
>>> Please give me as many hints on things to test for, or own experiences or
>>> whatever.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have one machine running Oracle Solaris 11.2 with FF 31 and I haven't
>>> seen the behaviour in that, but then I haven't done too many
>>> downloads in there: at least few enough not to dare to draw any safe
>>> conclusions, but it might be OK or at least less prone to this
>>> problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hans J. Albertsson
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have faced same problem when using packages... Instead, started to use tar
>> version(s), and download worked...
>> For example:
>> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/31.1.1esr/contrib/solaris_tarball/
>>
>> There are other small problems (flashplayer) but that is another story.
>>
>> With best regards,
>> Predrag Zečević
>>
>>
>> Predrag Zečević
>> Technical Support Analyst
>> 2e Systems GmbH
>>
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>> _______________________________________________
>
> Are you getting 0 byte downloads? I used to have that problem beginning with
> FF 24 or 26. The problems ended when Hipster upgraded GNOME to mostly 2.32.
>
> If the file size where you downloaded the file reports that it is 0 bytes,
> look in /tmp for a file with an 8 character name followed by the extension
> and then .part; i.e. Wxqitlyu.pdf.part. Copy or cut the file and paste it to
> where you downloaded the file to. Then select the faulty file, press F2, copy
> the filename, then delete the file. Finally, rename the .part file with the
> original name of the downloaded file. A pain but worked for me.
>
> I too use the tarballs. 31.6.0esr was added on April 10th.
> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/
>
> Regards,
> Fred
>
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