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Mozilla Dismisses New Firefox Flaw Warning

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 12, 2008

“Published reports of an information leakage vulnerability
affecting fully patched versions of the open-source Firefox browser
have been greatly exaggerated, according to Mozilla chief
evangelist Mike Shaver.

“Shaver’s sharp retort follows the release of an advisory by
hacker Ronald van den Heetkamp claiming that the most recent
Firefox 2.0.0.12 is susceptible to a bug that allows hackers to
view sensitive information on a target machine…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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