Advanced

Does Firefox Contain an Old Security Flaw?

Posted by dave on · 1 comment
PC World		Mail this story
Print this story

Updated browser has reintroduced a seven-year-old vulnerability, security company claims.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Mozilla

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (1)

MadDogTMC ·
I tried out this vulnerability in FireFox on the security site as they have written. I did not get the results they described at first. Why because I used 'Tabs' instead of following through the links to open a new instance of FF. Then I noticed in smaller fonts of the instructions that this vulnerability does not work in 'tabs'. So I did as they suggested and yes it does as its stated the problem they call a vulnerability. But I thought this was a training/knowledge issue for the user. When introducing Linux to a new user, I always suggest the use of tabs because its cleaner for the user experience. Next, I thought, well turn off the open new window in FF. I am sure this can be done. I just think we are gonna see more and more articles like this of small complaints made into something it should not be.

I don't know, I am beginning to ignore more and more of this stuff because I know how good OSS is and I will never go back to a MS world.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post