Mozilla Security Issue Fixed
Posted on July 19, 2008
Filed Under Software
The most popular browser in the world, Mozilla Firefox has fixed the security issue according to the PC Magazines. The Mozilla Foundation on Friday released an update to the company’s heralded new web browser, version 3.0.1, with fixes for security, stability, a printing issue, and problems involving running Firefox 2 simultaneously. It is better in overall than the last version (which is still the most famous one)
The most critical security fixes address a problem whereby an attacker could run code and install software, while requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing. Other problems included the mal ware database not updating on first launch, and the SSL certificate exception list not being properly saved.
The update also dealt with crashes using malformed GIF files on Mac OS X, command-line URLs that launch multiple tabs when Firefox is not running, and remote code execution by overflowing the CSS reference counter. Several stability issues addressed were not elaborated on, but one was noted in which having Firefox 2 installed alongside version 3 made the older version unstable. A printing issue was addressed, too: When you’d select a region from the middle of a web page for printing, some of the area would be cut off.
Finally, Linux users benefit from the update. For Linux installations on a PPP internet connection (dialup or DSL) the unpatched Firefox would start up in "Offline" mode. It will save tha bandwith of installation. You should learn from the last version installation which little hard to do without internet connection.
Firefox 3.0.1 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux as a free download from the Mozilla Firefox site. The company said that current users of Firefox 3 will be prompted to upgrade within the next 48 hours, but that they could also receive it on demand from the program’s Help menu, by choosing the "Check for updates" option.
I hope this version will be better than the last version especially when Mozilla deals with errop page which will slow your computer in the last Mozilla version.
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