Re: [Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

2012-10-15 Thread Barry Jackson

On 11/10/12 18:59, AL13N wrote:

Op donderdag 11 oktober 2012 19:19:33 schreef Sander Lepik:

11.10.2012 18:32, Barry Jackson kirjutas:

On 11/10/12 12:29, Sander Lepik wrote:

11.10.2012 13:58, Barry Jackson kirjutas:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?


Well, it's cauldron and the bug will be fixed before we get it reverted.
We just have to wait a day or two. 16.0.1 candidate is already uploaded,
so the bug is probably already fixed..


True - however since I use Cauldron 24/7 I have reverted to 15.0.1 and
added it to skip.list for my own peace of mind ;)

Barry


So, instead of 1 security hole you now have 14 (most of them critical

:http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox1
:6)? ;P
Not sure if it's safer or not :)

--
Sander


the thing is: 1 very new one, or 14 old ones... that's the trick...

1 for which only very very recently an exploit and 14 widespread exploits


Point taken - it was fixed very quickly.


[Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

2012-10-11 Thread Barry Jackson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?


Re: [Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

2012-10-11 Thread Sander Lepik
11.10.2012 13:58, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

 Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?
Well, it's cauldron and the bug will be fixed before we get it reverted. We 
just have to
wait a day or two. 16.0.1 candidate is already uploaded, so the bug is probably 
already fixed..

--
Sander



Re: [Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

2012-10-11 Thread Barry Jackson

On 11/10/12 12:29, Sander Lepik wrote:

11.10.2012 13:58, Barry Jackson kirjutas:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?

Well, it's cauldron and the bug will be fixed before we get it reverted. We 
just have to
wait a day or two. 16.0.1 candidate is already uploaded, so the bug is probably 
already fixed..

--
Sander


True - however since I use Cauldron 24/7 I have reverted to 15.0.1 and 
added it to skip.list for my own peace of mind ;)


Barry


Re: [Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

2012-10-11 Thread Sander Lepik
11.10.2012 18:32, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
 On 11/10/12 12:29, Sander Lepik wrote:
 11.10.2012 13:58, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

 Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?
 Well, it's cauldron and the bug will be fixed before we get it reverted. We 
 just have to
 wait a day or two. 16.0.1 candidate is already uploaded, so the bug is 
 probably already
 fixed..

 -- 
 Sander


 True - however since I use Cauldron 24/7 I have reverted to 15.0.1 and added 
 it to
 skip.list for my own peace of mind ;)

 Barry
So, instead of 1 security hole you now have 14 (most of them critical
:http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox16)? 
;P

Not sure if it's safer or not :)

--
Sander



Re: [Mageia-dev] Firefox 16 - security issue - withdrawn

2012-10-11 Thread AL13N
Op donderdag 11 oktober 2012 19:19:33 schreef Sander Lepik:
 11.10.2012 18:32, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
  On 11/10/12 12:29, Sander Lepik wrote:
  11.10.2012 13:58, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106
  
  Maybe we should revert in Cauldron?
  
  Well, it's cauldron and the bug will be fixed before we get it reverted.
  We just have to wait a day or two. 16.0.1 candidate is already uploaded,
  so the bug is probably already fixed..
  
  True - however since I use Cauldron 24/7 I have reverted to 15.0.1 and
  added it to skip.list for my own peace of mind ;)
  
  Barry
 
 So, instead of 1 security hole you now have 14 (most of them critical
 
 :http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox1
 :6)? ;P
 Not sure if it's safer or not :)
 
 --
 Sander

the thing is: 1 very new one, or 14 old ones... that's the trick...

1 for which only very very recently an exploit and 14 widespread exploits