Mozilla 'temporarily' pulls Firefox 16 to address security flaw
Mozilla 'temporarily' pulls Firefox 16 to address security flaw
Posted: 10 Oct 2012
Just a day after its debut, Firefox 16 has been "temporarily removed" pulled from Mozilla's installer page while it addresses what is apparently a serious security flaw in the browser's latest version.
"The vulnerability could allow a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited and have access to the URL or URL parameters," Michael Coates. Mozilla's director of Security Assurance, said on the company's security blog. "At this time we have no indication that this vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild."
One day after the release of Firefox 16, Mozilla said it has "temporarily removed" the latest version of its browser because of a security flaw that the company is trying to fix as quickly as possible. The unusual precaution suggests the flaw is a serious one, but there are no reports of it being exploited.
Thanks for the update Shawn.
That's why I always install each new FF version in its own folder. They share the same profile so I can test the new version for any conflicts and still use the older version if needed. Back using 15.0.1 until FF 16 is fixed. I can now just open FF 16 and check for updates.
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Great I just updated yesterday (I thought that they'd break something).
They should abandon this stupid "Rush the new versions out" policy.
Since they introduced it, almost every update has had to be updated (within a few days) to fix some stuff up.
If they want to outdo Chrome, just release a version called "Firefox 100".
Problem solved.
Mozilla should keep their rapid release plan, but only increasing the digit after the version number. Firefox 16 should be called Firefox 4.16 since there is very little change in the UI from version 4. Mozilla should just change the version number when there is a radical change in its appearance.
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