Patch For Firefox 3 Coming Soon?
Coming on the heels of Firefox 3’s record-setting download day, is an alert from Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), which states that the newest version of the popular open source browser contains a critical vulnerability that affects Firefox 3 and Firefox 2.
Here’s a section of the ZDI report:
We verified the vulnerability in our lab, acquired it from the researcher, then promptly reported the vulnerability to the Mozilla security team shortly after. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Not unlike most browser based vulnerabilities that we see these days, user interaction is required such as clicking on a link in email or visiting a malicious web page.
Understandably, no specifics are mentioned by ZDI while Mozilla works on a patch. Just practice safe surfing and you’ll be fine heh.
On a lighter note, have you grabbed a certificate of the Firefox 3 download day yet? Here’s mine:
![[Firefox 3 Certificate]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/firefox_certificate.png)
You can get your certificate here.
[High five to Ryan Naraine]
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June 20th, 2008 23:40
That’s a serious issue. I hope that they will fix it soon. Well, I got my certificate. Thanks.
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June 21st, 2008 11:27
Ugh, I missed out on the big party, as usual. I should be downloading it anyway, but three days late…it’s just not the same.
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June 22nd, 2008 04:08
Thanks for the heads-up, I’m sure that Mozilla will soon have an update released to fix it though.
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June 22nd, 2008 12:01
That’s a rare news, mozilla being the most secure browser, has got vulnerabilities… So bad news….
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June 23rd, 2008 02:45
Hey Brown! Miss me?
(I hope you hadn’t forgotten about me! I’ve just been busy. 
)
I hope they do something about it soon. Or I’m switching to IE!
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June 24th, 2008 02:10
Dang, this is really bad considering the amount of effort it must have taken to optimize Gecko to the level of performance it gives right now. The fact that it has such a major security flaw means that we may see more security flaws in the future. Hopefully the Mozilla guys remain astute and fix everything before it gets out of hand. The last thing we need is Firefox’s security to be comprimised. Still, it is a lot better than the slew of potential disasters waiting to happen when a large percentage of the internet is viewed (still) on Internet Explorer 6.
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June 24th, 2008 05:08
Double thanks here! For the patch and for the certificate link!
I may do a t-shirt using the image!
June 24th, 2008 22:32
I downloaded it, but haven’t actually used it! I’ll wait until the official release as I am prone to surf dangerously without remorse
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June 26th, 2008 00:51
How do you know that you’ve been out of the blogosphere for a while? When you miss the release of Firefox 3! EPIC FAIL on me. (#):(
Bush Mackel’s last blog post..Sleep Deprived but Getting it Done
June 26th, 2008 05:31
I´m glad to have this browser an IMHO they´ll fix it soon. Firefox, My choice since years.
All my best
Johannes
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June 26th, 2008 09:06
Bush- Same with me too!
I’ve missed it. I should hang my head down in shame. *sigh* But I choose to accept the fault with glory! My head held high! (With preperations to be slapped in the face again with another “missed” release!)
Grace’s last blog post..Want to Guest Blog Here?
June 26th, 2008 17:28
I have confidence in Mozilla, they will come up with a suitable solution soon
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June 26th, 2008 18:10
Thanks for the link to the certificate page. I got mine!
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June 27th, 2008 00:19
Many thanks! I got mine too.
June 27th, 2008 03:43
I downloaded FF3 on the big day. Used it for about 2 hours and uninstalled it. To many of the Add-ons didn’t work and I can’t work without my add-ons. I’ll give it a try next month and hopefully the patch will be done and the add-ons will work. Of course I’m still in limbo since the vulnerability effects FF2 also.
June 28th, 2008 15:25
I thought it was only Microsoft that had vulnerabilites
I have played it safe and installed FF3 but also kept FF2 installed.
That way I can play and still have FF2 as my main browser.
Regards.
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June 29th, 2008 16:43
I stick with FF2 for now. Normally dun like to install something that has been newly released.
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June 30th, 2008 15:13
it’s not even a month since they launched this version. why didn’t they just mark it as 2.x.x.x :p
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July 1st, 2008 16:13
I’m still using old firefox and now they are publish new patch for firefox 3?
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July 3rd, 2008 12:56
FF is geting more popular. I read that FF get Guiness world record for the downloading number.
July 4th, 2008 23:34
Got my Firefox Download Certificate a while ago
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July 6th, 2008 22:37
What is the point of the certificate when anybody can get one even if they never downloaded ff? for example
July 15th, 2008 08:07
glad it finally came… it was badly need :S
-Jessica
July 15th, 2008 14:32
yeh , i got that certificated and pasted on my room.
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July 18th, 2008 13:25
I am not loving Firefox 3 the way I did 2. I could be that most of extensions still don’t work. When I saw the security updated covered 2 I finally un-installed 3 from all my computers and went back to my happy surfing and blogging from 2.
BTW what plugin are you using for the preview? That is slick!
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July 31st, 2008 21:28
Sweet! Just got the certificate now. Definitely hanging this bad boy up. Got Firefox 3.01 as well.
August 12th, 2008 02:13
I am so glad so many people participated in this even..I wonder how many percentage points they gained in the fight against microsoft
August 15th, 2008 17:23
I use FF and thank you guys for finally releasing this 3.0 security patch. I think security is a growing concern for FF community as it becomes more and more popular. Anyways, keep on good work.