Firefox 3 fans cry foul as first vulnerability reported

Stephen Withers
Friday, 20 June 2008 03:35

Business IT - Open Source

There's not even any indication of whether the flaw is specific to Firefox on a particular platform, or if all supported operating systems are equally affected.

Mozilla security chief Window Snyder said "This issue is currently under investigation. To protect our users, the details of the issue will remain closed until a patch is made available. There is no public exploit, the details are private, and so the risk to users is minimal."

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