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("Security Advisory")
Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master
NRT-0324 Mozilla Rushes to Fix Firefox:
Mozilla will rush another version of Firefox to users as early as next week, the
company's user interface designer said, to fix five bugs it introduced in last
Wednesday's security update. Firefox 2.0.0.8 patched ten vulnerabilities, including
three critical flaws, but also shipped with five regression bugs -- problems
unintentionally introduced when code was changed to plug other holes. According to
notes from a weekly Mozilla meeting on Firefox, the regression reports began
accumulating over the weekend. Firefox 2.0.0.8 was posted for download late
Wednesday, October 17. Three of the five problems were limited to Windows, but
two page rendering issues affected all versions of the browser, including those
for Mac OS/X and Linux.
(Computerworld 23Oct07)