[Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

AL13N alien at rmail.be
Thu Oct 11 19:59:22 CEST 2012


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


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