Two Security Flaws Claimed in Firefox 2.0 Disputed by Mozilla

Firefox 2.0 was released late Tuesday and already those combing the release for security holes have claimed two. However, in a CNet article Mozilla spokesperson Winslow Snyder disputed the claims but expressed satisfaction that the latest open source Web browser from Mozilla is getting a good going over by security experts. Snyder stated that the first claim was fixed in Firefox 2.0 but that a related issue causes a crash. Mozilla is looking at the crash to ensure it causes no security exposure. The second claim is not backed up with enough information to determine its validity. More... [Dana Baggett]