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Opera Screeches at Mozilla over Security Disclosure

“Opera has taken exception to the manner in which Mozilla
handled the disclosure of a security bug that affects both firm’s
browsers. The moderate severity flaw involving file input controls
creates a means to upload arbitrary files, assuming hackers know
the full path and name of the file.

“Mozilla fixed the flaw, along with other more serious bugs,
with the release of Firefox 2.0.0.12 on 7 February. Opera, which is
yet to plug the moderate risk flaw, objected to the Mozilla team
publishing an advisory on the issue…”


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