Mozilla patches faulty patch
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Cure worse than disease The Mozilla Foundation has patched a faulty patch that was itself subject to a security vulnerability.â¦
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The latest beta of Mozilla's browser has been up and running for
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Just days after the Mozilla Foundation released the final version of its standalone Firefox browser, a security firm Thursday said that earlier editions were buggy and should be replaced.
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New vulnerabilities include a critical flaw in Internet Explorer and a "major" bug in Firefox.
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Users of Firefox yesterday began receiving notices of the availability of version 2.0.0.7, which the Mozilla organization said addresses a vulnerability involving Apple's QuickTime plug-in. In BetaNews tests of the new version this afternoon, the vulnerability in question appears to have been fully patched.
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Mozilla takes a third shot at patching bugs in the way the Firefox can be used to launch programs from Web links.
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TechWeb - The problematic fix, issued last December, affected the Firefox browser and the SeaMonkey application suite.
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Security firms have reported three new security flaws in various versions of the Mozilla and Firefox Web browsers and Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client.
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Mozilla Corp. has released a critical security update to Firefox, taking a third shot at patching bugs in the way the browser can be used to launch programs from Web links.
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Mozilla has released a critical security update to Firefox, taking a third shot at patching bugs in the way the browser can be used to launch programs from Web links.The bug, rated &quot;moderate&quot; by Mozilla, lies in the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) protocol handling technology that is used to launch programs -- an e-mail client for example -- from within the browser. Over the past few months, security researchers have been discovering an increasing number of ways that this technology can be misused, often as a way to install unauthorized software on a victim&#39;s computer.The URI patch is one of eight security bug-fixes that Mozilla has pushed out with the 2.0.0.8 update, released late Thursday.Mozilla developers originally thought that the issue lay within Microsoft&#39;s Internet Explorer software, which could be invoked in a malicious fashion via Firefox. Several days after issuing their first patch, however, they realized that there was a problem with Firefox as well, and rushed out the 2.0.0.6 update.Now, three months after that fix, they&#39;ve patched another URI bug in Firefox that will cut down on the likelihood of programs being launched maliciously through the browser. The 2.0.0.6 release &quot;did not prevent the incorrect file-handling programs from launching which left some risk,&quot; Mozilla said in its advisory . &quot;An additional fix has been applied to Firefox 2.0.0.8 that detects when Windows would mishandle these URIs so that the wrong program does not get launched.&quot;Mozilla developers weren&#39;t certain that this latest twist on the URI problem could really be exploited in Firefox, but they decided to issue this latest URI patch rather than wait to find out for certain, said Window Snyder, Mozilla&#39;s security chief. &quot;We could just say this particular vector is not an issue because we do not have proof,&quot; she said. &quot;We could leave it alone. Rather than spend our time analyzing whether this is a vector that could be vulnerable, we would rather put the block in place and eliminate the possibility. This is a defense-in-depth measure.&quot;Microsoft has said that it plans to patch underlying components in the Windows operating system in an effort to prevent URI protocol handler attacks, and that will probably go a long way in preventing new attacks from cropping up, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations, with nCircle Network Security. &quot;We have to applaud the Mozilla team for attempting to protect their users, but in the end, it&#39;s going to be a Microsoft responsibility,&quot; he said.Of the eight vulnerabilities patched Thursday, two are rated critical by Mozilla.The 2.0.0.8 release also adds support for Apple&#39;s Mac OS X 10.5 operating system, code-named Leopard, although Mozilla warns &quot;there are some known issues affecting some media plugins,&quot; on this platform.
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Mozilla Foundation says patch issued in mid-December introduced vulnerability to browser and application suite.
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A zero-day flaw in Firefox and third-party Windows patches turn up the heat for Net users. Plus: Buyout boom in security.
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Updated browser that patches the problems is now available for download.
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Rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch fixes one flaw, but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue.
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An update to Firefox fixes a number of security flaws in the browser.
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Mozilla chief security officer says Firefox has the same flaw that the company called a "critical vulnerability" in IE, patch is in the works.
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Every time a new IE security flaw is announced, or whenever someone gets fed up with hackers manipulating their Web browser, Firefox and other Mozilla-based browsers get a bump in the marketplace.