Firefox 3 Fans Cry Foul as First Vulnerability Reported

“All those millions of people that rushed to download Firefox 3
got something they didn’t expect–a critical security
vulnerability. Some people smell a rat!

“The vulnerability, which could allow the excevution of
arbitrary code, was reported to TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative
just five hours after the open source browser was released on
Tuesday. The Zero Day Initiative pays researchers for finding
vulnerabilities in software, then provides the information to the
vendor concerned…”

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