Firefox 16 re-released fixing multiple vulnerabilities (The H)

Posted Oct 14, 2012 18:45 UTC (Sun) by epa (subscriber, #39769)
In reply to: Firefox 16 re-released fixing multiple vulnerabilities (The H) by freggy
Parent article: Firefox 16 re-released fixing multiple vulnerabilities (The H)

In that case, Mozilla should not have pulled the 16.0 upgrade from the download sites. Either it's safer for most users than 15.x or it isn't.

Firefox 16 re-released fixing multiple vulnerabilities (The H)

Posted Oct 14, 2012 23:08 UTC (Sun) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link] (1 responses)

It's obvious from the actions of Mozilla they thought 15.x was the better temporary choice.

Firefox 16 re-released fixing multiple vulnerabilities (The H)

Posted Oct 15, 2012 9:54 UTC (Mon) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

Right, my point is, since 15.x is the better temporary choice, they needed to push out a downgrade from 16.0 to 15.x.

(This time it didn't matter too much since the vulnerability was not a severe one. But they need to have the mechanism available the next time a new version turns out to have a security hole.)