Firefox, Google Chrome Updates Fix BERserk Crypto Flaw | Linux Today

Firefox, Google Chrome Updates Fix BERserk Crypto Flaw

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Sean Michael Kerner
Sep 30, 2014

While much of the technology world has been consumed with the Shellshock vulnerability, which was first reported on Sept. 24, another big open-source vulnerability was disclosed the same day.

Both Mozilla and Google updated their Web browsers on Sept. 24 for a vulnerability that had been present in all prior releases.

SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

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