Major Vulnerability Found In Firefox, Latest Browser Version Fixes It

[Guest]

Mozilla uncovered a serious security vulnerability in its PDF.js reader, which affects all desktop versions of Firefox. The company recommended users to upgrade to the latest version of Firefox to receive the patch.

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[surphninja]

Score another security win for Adblock.

 

[targetdrone]

Think of the horror if a FireFox or Chrome update were tied to a hardware manufacture and ISP.

 

[mr grim]

"Mozilla is now urging all Firefox users to upgrade to Firefox 39.0.3 or Firefox ESR 38.1.1."

Well what I find more concerning is that I was not even offered this update, it was done automatically without me knowing, I only noticed because my custom icon reset to the default one.

 

[hr_sto]

If you ran ff as a different user in linux, it wouldn't have been able to read the passwd file, right?

 

[jerm1027]

Well, it's a good thing I use script-blocking extensions, not that I visit that many Russian News sites. At this point, ads are less of an annoyance and more of a security risk - not only do I want to block them, I'm obligated to to keep my computer safe.

 

[phatboe]

Is there anything of value in the /etc/passwd file on modern *nix systems? It's not any password info is located on there so why target that file?

 

[grumpigeek]

I never liked the Firefox PDF reader, so I always set Adobe Reader as the default PDF handler.

 

[PC newb 09]

FF has sucked since V4. Edge blows it away. FF can't even handle 1080p streaming video let alone 4K. Edge streams 4K video flawlessly. Don't even talk about Flash. Open the same 4 websites on FF... 800meg of memory... Edge? 201... I left FF behind years ago.

ff on my pc streams 4k video flawlessly lol get a new setup

 

[Puiucs]

I never liked the Firefox PDF reader, so I always set Adobe Reader as the default PDF handler.

i'm sorry, but if you are using Adobe Reader then you should probably not announce it publicly. People will only point their finger at you and langh. It's the slowest, bloated and most insecure reader on the market and it has been so for many years.

 

[hoover1979]

Thank Christ I use Adblock Plus. No annoying ads and browser protection to boot! Pheeeeeeew!