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Mozilla patches Firefox and Thunderbird
OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPER Mozilla has released updates to its two most popular applications, Firefox and Thunderbird, to address a number of security and stability issues.
The update to Mozilla's popular web browser, Firefox, which brings it up to version 3.6.7, patches 14 vulnerabilities, over half of which are labeled "critical". According to the release notes, the patch also fixes some stability issues though Mozilla did not provide further details. The outfit also released an update to the 3.5 track of Firefox to deal with similar problems.
It's pretty much the same story when it comes Mozilla's mail client, Thunderbird, with fixes for the current 3.1 version addressing a security vulnerability and stability issues, among other minor fixes. Updates to the legacy 3.0.x patch similar flaws there, too.
The software outfit has recently offered to pony up $3,000 for each bug discovered in its applications. The hope is by dangling such a big carrot, it will encourage developers not only to produce higher quality code but also promote private reporting of bugs.
Mozilla is urging all users to update to the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird either through the applications' automatic update features or by downloading and installing fresh copies. µ
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It's spelled "sure".
I repeat: Would you care to cite a source that proves your claim 'IE - which does actually have a better security track record these days'? Probably not.
Go away troll (or MS shill).
For track records, see Secunia. Be sore to compare like-for-like, won't you? Probably not.
And as it's been more than 24 hours, you can also move on to the next FireBadger bug:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1724569/mozilla-fixes-firefox-update
The shambles continues... Evidently.
Funny how you bash Firefox.
Would you care to cite a source that proves your claim 'IE - which does actually have a better security track record these days'?
Go away troll (or MS shill).
PS it's spelled 'fanbois'.
Funny how you FireBadger Fanboys refuse to accept that very same argument when it's offered in defence of IE - which does actually have a better security track record these days, yet still gets bashed more than FirePheasant...
"In fact, it's worse than IE has been in recent years and is as safe as driving in a Morris Minor in Iraq."
So fixing bugs in the software makes the software less secure? Oh PLEASE bestow us with more of your great wisdom Einstein :/
What a pile of old junk.
This thing is years old and was sold as being all about security. In fact, it's worse than IE has been in recent years and is as safe as driving in a Morris Minor in Iraq.
Was there ever such a triumph of marketing noise over coding substance?
Wake up people.