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gaekwad2

2nd October 2004 13:57

Important Security Update for Firefox Available

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Questions & Answers:

How does this security vulnerability expose the user?

A malicious hacker who could trick a user into saving a file could delete files from a user's download directory.
How serious is this vulnerability?

While this is a potentially severe security vulnerability, user interaction is required to trigger potential harm. This security update is also another example of the Mozilla Foundation identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities before they are exploited by malicious hackers. This type of security vulnerability is very different from cases where a hacker could take advantage of a vulnerability to obtain valuable information from a user's computer.

If you already have Firefox 0.10 (=1.0pr) installed, you can go to Tools, Options, and choose Advanced, go to Software Updates and choose Check Now to grab the patch.

zootm

2nd October 2004 14:01

Hey, that autoupdate thing is pretty neat :up:

It upgraded all my extensions yesterday as well. :)

Jay	2nd October 2004 14:14

isn't this more of a breaking news type thread?

gaekwad2

2nd October 2004 14:22

Yes, but many GDers ignore anything outside their home turf. :/

griffinn

2nd October 2004 14:23

Wow, that was fast.

And I mean both the release of the update, and the updating process. :up:

GqSkrub

2nd October 2004 14:37

does that mean that 0.9.3 is ok?

zootm

2nd October 2004 14:39

I seriously doubt it. It just means you can update 1.0PR automatically. Updating 0.9.3 is a matter of downloading 1.0PR.

JRSellers

2nd October 2004 17:36

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Originally posted by zootm
I seriously doubt it. .

Then how do 0.9.3 users get the security updates?

gaekwad2

2nd October 2004 17:53

By downloading 1.0PR (the updated version already contains that fix).

You could try to install the patch from this site, but since 0.9.3 contains other vulnerabilities as well it wouldn't make too much sense even if it works.

zootm

2nd October 2004 17:59

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Originally posted by JRSellers
Then how do 0.9.3 users get the security updates?

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Originally posted by zootm
Updating 0.9.3 is a matter of downloading 1.0PR.

They're different versions, not different products.

JRSellers

2nd October 2004 19:51

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Originally posted by gaekwad2
By downloading 1.0PR (the updated version already contains that fix).

Well, I intsalled 1.0PR over 0.9.3. Now the "Send Link.." under my mail icon is gone, which I really liked.

nybergh

2nd October 2004 21:24

This starts to feel like good ol' Windows Update already :D

zootm

2nd October 2004 21:34

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Originally posted by JRSellers
Well, I intsalled 1.0PR over 0.9.3. Now the "Send Link.." under my mail icon is gone, which I really liked.

If it was an extension, you probably need a new version. I'm not sure what you're referring to, though.

cyu	2nd October 2004 21:52

It is recommended that you always uinstall a prev. version of firefox before you install a new one.

JRSellers

3rd October 2004 22:22

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Originally posted by zootm
If it was an extension, you probably need a new version. I'm not sure what you're referring to, though.

That feature is part of 0.9.3. Right-click on the menu bar (the blank part), choose 'customize', and drag the mail icon from the box (see attached file) to the menu bar. Click on the mail icon. In 0.9.3, the drop-menu has 3 choices, "Read Mail", "New Message", and "Send Link". In 1.0PR, "Send Link" is gone.

So far, I haven't needed any extensions.

morgado

3rd October 2004 22:30

AutoUpdate r0X !

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