[Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

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.
+