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Mozilla Releases 'Critical' Firefox 2.0.x Patches

Posted by Michael Lindenberger Dec 20, 2006 11:34:21 AM

Mozilla is going to push several fixes -- including five "critical" patches to its Firefox browser -- via automatic updates over the next couple days.

 

vnunet.com reports that the Firefox fixes, which affect areas as varied as the RSS reader and JavaScript handler, are for both version 1.5.x and 2.0.x of the popular browser. Mozilla is also patching its Thunderbird e-mail client.

 

We could find no reports of actual exploits this morning. Users can manually force an update via the browser, if they wish.

 

Security has always been a cause celebre for Firefox advocates, however, other observers have often warned that as Firefox takes market share from Internet Explorer, professional hackers will have more reason to go after it.

 

But, as this morning's news illustrates, Mozilla tends to react far more rapidly to security threats than does Microsoft.

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