Mozilla Corp. has patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, taking the unusual step of updating the older version 2.0 on Tuesday but delaying the fixes for the newer version 3.0 until Wednesday. Both updates, labeled Firefox 2.0.0.16 and Firefox 3.0.1, plug two holes rated "critical" by Mozilla, which uses a four-step threat ranking system. Firefox 2.0.0.16 was posted to Mozilla's servers Tuesday afternoon.

Firefox 3.0.1, the first update since the open-source browser was upgraded almost a month ago, won't reach users until Wednesday at the earliest, according to notes from a Mozilla status meeting published online.

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(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by torrentthief on 16 Jul 2008 - 19:10
bad title, its not a safari hole lol, its a firefox hole.

maybe proof read before you post?
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by +shakey_snake on 16 Jul 2008 - 19:27
Maybe you should read the full story before you post?
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by +bmdixon on 16 Jul 2008 - 21:03
(shakey_snake said @ #1.1)
Maybe you should read the full story before you post?

This could/should've been made more clear in the article though. Surely it's better to post the main points of an article rather than just the first paragraph or two which may/may not correspond nicely with the post title? In this case there is a ambiguity over the title and the content of the news post...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by ajua on 16 Jul 2008 - 22:15
I agree, the people posting news here have to paste the most meaningful paragraphs to give readers an idea.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Magallanes on 17 Jul 2008 - 00:37
Mozilla Patch Plugs a Safari Hole sound dirty.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Airlink on 17 Jul 2008 - 06:31
Actualy, 3.0.1 is already available. And no, it's not a beta or a Release Candidate. Fully final, from the official website:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

It's just not mentioned on the Mozilla frontage yet.
Now look happy and go download it!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by jamesVault on 17 Jul 2008 - 08:28
There's a new flaw in Firefox 3.0.1, it fails the acid2 test:
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by villiansv on 17 Jul 2008 - 10:19
Not really. Opera fails the test you linked too, however following links from acidtests.org gets you to the correct test - and both pass.
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