8 Security flaws in FireFox!

Firefox has been hit by no less than eight security flaws, six of which are also found in the older Mozilla suite. It could allow hackers to take over an affected system. Firefox launched an upgrade (1.0.3) and for the Suite (1.7.7).

Independent security firm Secunia gave the updates a "highly critical" rating. As Firefox gains market share its handling of security issues is drawing more scrutiny. The patches, issued on Friday, are the third round of security fixes for Firefox and the seventh update for the 1.7 version of Mozilla. The Mozilla project has stopped major development on the suite, but is continuing to fix security flaws.

See also the news item from Chris Charlton about FireFox 1.0.3