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March 25, 2005 | Comments: (0)
Foxfire gets patches
The Mozilla Foundation has issued a patch for a previously undisclosed hole in its popular Firefox Web browser and is encouraging Firefox users to download the software update as soon as possible.
Gee, that sounds like some other company, I know that also starts with the letter "M." Who could that be?
The nonprofit organization released Firefox 1.0.2 to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability in a Firefox feature for processing GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image files. The patch is the second security patch issued in less than a month, but the foundation reassured users that the browser's open source platform is secure, and said it does not know of any active exploits for the hole.
That's the trouble with success; suddenly everyone wants to punch you out for no reason than you are a success. Hackers are basically like bullies, they pick on the weak. But that's okay; at least there is some healthy competition for Microsoft's Internet Explorer - holes and all.
Posted by Bob Francis on March 25, 2005 11:36 AM
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