Mozilla Firefox browser upgrade taken offline due to vulnerability

[muriel_volestrangler]

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser has been taken offline after a security vulnerability was discovered.

Users who had upgraded to version 16 were advised to downgrade to the previous safe release until Firefox developers released a fix.

The vulnerability allowed "a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited", Mozilla said.
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He added that no users had been upgraded automatically to the new version.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

Just in case there's anyone here who rushes to upgrade the moment a new version come out.

[bullwinkle428]

1. Thanks for providing the info that I didn't automatically get upgraded recently.

[madokie]

2. My ubuntu upgraded to 16 yesterday morning

automatically I might add


Oh Noes!!!!!

[Panasonic]

3. I still use SRWare Iron

which is supposed to be a stripped down version of Chrome without the data mining.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

4. I just switched from FF (after 6+ yrs) to Chrome as "main" browser...

FFox inability to play "nice" with newest Flash the final nail for me.

Thx for posting, was about to update as Secunia PSI flagged FF 15 as "end of life"

[Sugarcoated]

6. Me, too.

The problem I have now, though, is Constant Guard virus software crashes constantly with Chrome.

Coincidentally, Windows just restarted without my ok to install updates. I know I had that set to manual . . .

[kenny blankenship]

11. Chrome LOL! Now EVERY website knows all the sites you've been to.

they just accept a deal with Google ads in exchange to find out all about you.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

14. Tried Opera, couldn't get the "feel" of it & configuring it was difficult...

What do you suggest? Internet Ex-PLODE-r is a deal breaker.

[GoCubsGo]

20. I'm on the verge of doing that, too.

It's doing okay on my desktop, but it makes my old laptop almost unusable at times. This crap started around Ver. 11. Not that Chrome is a whole lot better. I get frequent script errors with Chrome, too.

[reformist2]

5. I stopped using FF six months ago...

[barbtries]

7. it's been asking me for a while now

but is not compatible with an add on, so i just kept telling it to ask me later. that's at work. chances are at home i'm running the new version.

[LTR]

8. FF often updates itself

Perhaps it's my settings.

With all these updates they keep throwing out there, how about one that doesn't eat up as much RAM, freeze up and gets constant script errors?

[ellenfl]

9. pretty sure i update ff manually on all my computers (5). i am still on 15.0.1 on my work computer.

i do NOT want to go back to internet exploder. except that some websites i use now (esp those using java) are not compatible with ff, i have been very happy with it. anyone think another browser is better? not inclined to want to go with google.

tia

ellen fl

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Yeah, there's a setting in Options->Options->Advanced->Update (nt)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

13. You can also just uninstall "Mozilla Maintenance Service"...

Control Panel>> Progs & Features>> Uninstall a prog (In Win7)

[Auntie Bush]

12. Last night when I turned off my computer... I had 18 Firefox downloads/upgrades waiting.

I wonder if this had anything to do with this problem?

[LadyHawkAZ]

15. Seems to have been fixed-

at least, it seems they have fixed this issue for the moment:
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/

Update (Oct 11, 2012)

An update to Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux was released at 12pm PT on Oct 11. Users will be automatically updated and new downloads via http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/ will receive the updated version. A fix for the Android version of Firefox was released at 9pm PT on Oct 10.

Thanks, guys. Now do you think you could fix the freezing and crashing problems, pretty please?

[Heywood J]

16. Now if they can just stop the memory leaks, I'd be happy.

[IDemo]

19. That's what has me looking for an alternative

I thought the last release or so was going to address that, but it appears not.

[ananda]

17. I was going to laugh at myself for still using FF 8.0.1 ...

... but it's working fine so maybe it's good that I haven't
upgraded for awhile.

[dems_rightnow]

18. I updated to 16.01 yesterday.

I was worried when I saw this, then discovered that 16.01 is the "fixed" version.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2011686/mozilla-releases-firefox-1601-to-address-four-vulnerabilities.html