Thursday, June 23, 2011

Mozilla fixes critical flaws with new Firefox 5 browser, Thunderbird email client

Mozilla is fixing critical vulnerabilities in its newest version of the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client with its latest updates, while ending security updates for version 4 of Firefox. 

 

In its Firefox 5 release this week, Mozilla fixed eight flaws in the browser, including five critical flaws. Among the critical flaws, the company fixed problems with the browser’s handling of the WebGL 3-D rendering standard. The company released Firefox 5 on an accelerated schedule, having just released Firefox 4 three months ago.

Mozilla also fixed three vulnerabilities in Firefox 4.0.1, including two critical flaws, and six fixes in Firefox 3.6.18, including five critical flaws.    More