Comments on: Firefox 3 flaw found, could be exploited by hackers

By: Asa Dotzler

Asa Dotzler — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:10:07 +0000

It’s not a zero day attack. It’s a potential vulnerability known to the reporter and known to Mozilla. For it to be a zero day attack, it would have to be disclosed to the public and the bad guys. That’s not what happened here and it does a disservice to the responsible security researchers that are working with Mozilla on this issue to label them with that which is rightly reserved for irresponsible disclosure.

By: Khendar

Khendar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:46:21 +0000

The vulnerability exists in Firefox 2 as well, so holding off on upgrading isn’t going to protect you from it.

By: HappyStretchedThin

HappyStretchedThin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:16:48 +0000

Yup. They say the early bird gets the worm, but it’s the SECOND mouse that gets the cheese…Glad I waited (am waiting) to switch.