Corrine Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Mozilla sent Firefox Version 72.0 to the release channel today. The update included twelve (12) security updates of which five (5) are high, six (6) are moderate and one (1) rated low. Also released was Firefox ESR Version 68.4. Update: To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu, then pick "About Firefox." Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu. If you do not use the English language version, Fully Localized Versions are available for download. Security Updates Release Notes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 50 minutes ago, Corrine said: Also released was Firefox ESR Version 68.4. Yes. Updated yesterday evening. Thanks, Corrine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Just one day after releasing Firefox Version 72.0, Mozilla sent Firefox Version 72.0.1 to the release channel today. The update includes one (1) critical security update. Also released was Firefox ESR Version 68.4.1 Security Updates Release Notes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Well, darn... gotta' go update again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not in my repos yet, but probably by tonight or later tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 I hope you and everyone else who uses Firefox has updated by now. From Firefox attacks: Homeland Security urges all users to update browsers Quote If you use Mozilla Firefox’s web browser, you’ll want to drop what you are doing right now and update it. That urging doesn’t just come from Mozilla—it comes from the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The issue is this: Firefox versions for desktop older than the just-patched version contain a critical vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take control of a user’s entire operating system—whether they use Windows or Mac. More alarming, the vulnerability is already being exploited in the wild, thus Homeland Security stepping in with the urgent plea for users to upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Yup. It was in the repos later that evening after I posted the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 > ...that could allow an attacker to take control of a user’s entire operating system—whether they use Windows or Mac. Fortunately, most things of this nature do not affect Linux because of its inherent security against Root privileges, which severely limits malware and scamware from affecting the OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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