[SOLVED] Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

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[SOLVED] Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by KNTRO » 2014-09-25, 08:05

Hi,

Mozilla just released Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.8.1 which only includes the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2014-73 patch. Will this MFSA 2014-73 be included in a very soon Pale Moon release since it's been tagged as Critical?

Thanks.
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Re: Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by Moonchild » 2014-09-25, 08:33

CVE-2014-1568 will be patched in 25.0
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Re: Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by Night Wing » 2014-09-25, 12:19

KNTRO wrote:Hi,

Mozilla just released Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.8.1 which only includes the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2014-73 patch.
Thanks for the head up since I didn't know about it. Since Firefox 24.8.0 ESR (for now) is my back up browser to Pale Moon in both linux and Windows, I'll have to go and get the newest Firefox 24.8.1 ESR version as soon as l leave the here and install it on all four of my computers which means seven new installations for both Windows and linux.
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Re: Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by KNTRO » 2014-09-25, 20:36

Moonchild wrote:CVE-2014-1568 will be patched in 25.0
Thanks!
Night Wing wrote:I'll have to go and get the newest Firefox 24.8.1 ESR version as soon as l leave the here and install it on all four of my computers which means seven new installations for both Windows and linux.
No auto update in Qiana? Or manual update at least? So, you have to install a full copy of Firefox ESR and overwrite the already installed version? :? Anyway, I think Texans have nice hispeed Internet connections, so downloading either full copies of Firefox ESR or just the update with the patch will take just a few seconds, won't it? ;)

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Re: Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by Night Wing » 2014-09-25, 21:30

KNTRO wrote:
Night Wing wrote:I'll have to go and get the newest Firefox 24.8.1 ESR version as soon as l leave the here and install it on all four of my computers which means seven new installations for both Windows and linux.
No auto update in Qiana? Or manual update at least? So, you have to install a full copy of Firefox ESR and overwrite the already installed version? :?
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The browsers I use in Mint (Qiana) are "not" installed. I run all of them by "extract & run" and launch them by their launcher icons. I just delete the older named browser folder and install the new browser version. I never overwrite. I've never run into any problems since I've been doing it this way. The one time I did use the internal updater, it gave me a problem.
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Re: [SOLVED] Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by dark_moon » 2014-09-26, 08:02

Here are more infos: http://blogs.mcafee.com/executive-persp ... rk-mozilla
Not relevant for fixing it, just a info.
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Re: [SOLVED] Critical security patch launched on Firefox ESR

Unread post by KNTRO » 2014-09-26, 08:33

Good article, dark_moon!

Even I'm not so techy, this article was pretty easy to understand and more detailed than the Mozilla's advisory.

Thanks for sharing it! ;)
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