The Mozilla Foundation plans to release a new version of its flagship Firefox browser as early as this weekend to patch a known JavaScript Engine flaw.
The flaw, which puts users at risk of information disclosure attacks, already has been fixed in nightly builds, and volunteers at the foundation said a final release on Firefox 1.0.3 could come as early as Friday evening.
"It feels like we've finally closed in on things, and we're getting ready to wrap up this 1.0.3 release. I'm [going to] be very cautious about calling anything a 'final' candidate, but this one feels close," Mozilla engineer Asa Dotzler said.
The new version, which is slated as a "maintenance release," also will provide a fix for a bug in the add/remove programs feature.
Firefox 1.0.3 marks the third security-related fix from the foundation in the past six weeks.
The Thunderbird mail client will not be updated because the security bug is in JavaScript, which is not enabled by default.
The foundation also plans to relaunch the download center for its Spread Firefox initiative. The new marketing push is scheduled to include the use of ancillary tools such as feeds, Weblogs and plug-ins.
Source: eWeek
The flaw, which puts users at risk of information disclosure attacks, already has been fixed in nightly builds, and volunteers at the foundation said a final release on Firefox 1.0.3 could come as early as Friday evening.
"It feels like we've finally closed in on things, and we're getting ready to wrap up this 1.0.3 release. I'm [going to] be very cautious about calling anything a 'final' candidate, but this one feels close," Mozilla engineer Asa Dotzler said.
The new version, which is slated as a "maintenance release," also will provide a fix for a bug in the add/remove programs feature.
Firefox 1.0.3 marks the third security-related fix from the foundation in the past six weeks.
The Thunderbird mail client will not be updated because the security bug is in JavaScript, which is not enabled by default.
The foundation also plans to relaunch the download center for its Spread Firefox initiative. The new marketing push is scheduled to include the use of ancillary tools such as feeds, Weblogs and plug-ins.
Source: eWeek
