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Firefox update puts lid on Jar bug

Mozilla released an update to its Firefox browser on Monday designed to address a trio of vulnerabilities. Firefox 2.0.0.10 addresses a bug in the open source browser's "jar:" protocol handle, a memory corruption vulnerability, and a potential cross-site scripting hazard. The jar: protocol handle bug was first identified in …

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amanfromMars
Mars

Clever.

"The latest update is the tenth from Mozilla in little more than a year since the release of Firefox 2.0 in October 2006."

A SMART Browser Learning/Teaching ITself 42 Follow Flaws in Programming for Immaculate Source.

EJ
Unhappy

*Crash*

Security is all well and good, but let's hope it addressed the complete instability of the last few updates.

EJ
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*Crash again*

Ummm, guess not. Try again, Mozilla, before IE starts looking good.

BitTwister

Re: Crash

What crash? What "complete instability"? It's been running fine here since version 1.5-odd through to the current versions - and the 2.0.0.10 version is every bit as stable.

Oh wait, you're using Windows...

edge_e
Black Helicopters

Tin foil hat time!

Maybe microsoft used one of their many patches to implant code that causes firefox to crash so that every windows user will go back to using IE.

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

Crash Crunch

Firefox may need more fixing than it did because it got more usable but it is still more secure than IE.

Whoops wait a minute here comes 3.0.

Anonymous Coward
Unhappy

Re: Crash

I must admit, Im getting constant crashes using Firefox on my MacBook?!

Fenwar
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fine for me

2.0.0.10, perfectly stable on XP and Windows 2000. No problems with my various plugins of choice or anything.

If it crashes, submit a bug report and it could be fixed by the next version.

Try *that* with IE.

mike
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Crash

Auto updated .. Downloaded New 2.0.0.10... Thumbs down .. Wont' work...

Jim Marshall
Pirate

Crashes @ I-71 & I-80

2.0.0.10 crshes constantly.

Here I thought it was just the fact I'm using it on a Jaguar/beige G3 combo that might be soon retired.

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