[Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

Barry Jackson zen25000 at zen.co.uk
Mon Oct 15 16:03:59 CEST 2012


On 11/10/12 18:59, AL13N wrote:
> Op donderdag 11 oktober 2012 19:19:33 schreef Sander Lepik:
>> 11.10.2012 18:32, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
>>> On 11/10/12 12:29, Sander Lepik wrote:
>>>> 11.10.2012 13:58, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?
>>>>
>>>> Well, it's cauldron and the bug will be fixed before we get it reverted.
>>>> We just have to wait a day or two. 16.0.1 candidate is already uploaded,
>>>> so the bug is probably already fixed..
>>>
>>> True - however since I use Cauldron 24/7 I have reverted to 15.0.1 and
>>> added it to skip.list for my own peace of mind ;)
>>>
>>> Barry
>>
>> So, instead of 1 security hole you now have 14 (most of them critical
>>
>> :http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox1
>> :6)? ;P
>> Not sure if it's safer or not :)
>>
>> --
>> Sander
>
> the thing is: 1 very new one, or 14 old ones... that's the trick...
>
> 1 for which only very very recently an exploit and 14 widespread exploits
>
Point taken - it was fixed very quickly.


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