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mozilla.org - 4/22/2009
Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0
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Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing. High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal ...
mozilla.com - 4/28/2009
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Release Notes
— mozilla.com — 3.5 Beta 4 is the sixth development milestone and fourth beta release of Firefox 3.5, the next... version of the Firefox web browser. While this release is considered to be stable, it is intended for developers and members of our testing community to use ... (more) Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Release Notes

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macfixit.com - 4/24/2009
Mozilla updates Firefox to 3.0.9
— macfixit.com — Mozilla has released a new update to its popular Web browser, Firefox. New to Firefox 3.0.9, according... to the official release notes, are fixes to several security and stability issues, a bug where users would "lose" cookies, and another bug where inline attachments would not display. (more) Mozilla updates Firefox to 3.0.9

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Macworld:  Firefox 3 update improves security, fixes bugs

TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us:  TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 27-Apr-09

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Firefox 3 update improves security, fixes bugs
Macworld — ... might, but it should help you sleep a little better at night with all the security updates and squashed bugs. Detailed on Mozilla’s Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0 page , this updated fixes problems related to JavaScript, malicious search plug-ins that can inject code into sites, and crashes related to memory corruption. As far as general bugs go, Firefox 3.0.9 fixes problems like large forms taking too long to submit, inline image attachments in webmail services not displaying, and the loss of cookies. Firefox 3.0.9 weighs 17.2MB and is available now for Mac OS X, ...

TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 27-Apr-09
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... from Mozilla is a security and stability update to the popular Web browser. The update addresses a number of security issues, including one critical vulnerability that caused crashes possibly leading to memory corruption. Also fixed is an issue wherein a corrupt local database caused Firefox to lose stored cookies, a bug preventing inline image attachments from appearing on webmail services, an issue causing sluggish uploads for large online forms, and some unnamed stability issues. (Free update, 17.2 MB) ...

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