Thursday marked yet another chapter in the short, rocky history of Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 browser, as the foundation released a security update a little more than two weeks after unveiling it. Firefox 3.5.1 fixes a JavaScript vulnerability in version 3.5 that exposed users to so-called drive-by attacks. However, the fix may rob Firefox 3.5 of one of its main boasting points — speed — and Firefox 3.5.1 may have a few flaws of its own.
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Mozilla Fixes Firefox JavaScript Glitch
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 17, 2009 01:50 PMThursday marked yet another chapter in the short, rocky history of Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 browser, as the foundation released a security update a little more than two weeks after unveiling it. Firefox 3.5.1 fixes a JavaScript vulnerability in version 3.5 that exposed users to so-called drive-by attacks. However, the fix may rob Firefox 3.5 of one of its main boasting points — speed — and Firefox 3.5.1 may have a few flaws of its own.