Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update...
Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update...
... if you use Mac OS X: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02 ... s-elusive/
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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Re: Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update
The auto-update library depends on WebKit?! Why?!
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Thrawn
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Religion is not the opium of the masses. Daily life is the opium of the masses.
True religion, which dares to acknowledge death and challenge the way we live, is an attempt to wake up.
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Religion is not the opium of the masses. Daily life is the opium of the masses.
True religion, which dares to acknowledge death and challenge the way we live, is an attempt to wake up.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0
Re: Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update
Have you ever run, what should be stand-alone applications, that do embed the IE rendering engine within, thereby making that application susceptible to IE exploits.The auto-update library depends on WebKit?! Why?!
Mozilla [had] run into similar a long time back, Bug 435743 - Extension manager should load updates served from https signed by any installed CA.
And Malwarebytes has something going on currently, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Vulnerability Disclosure.
And Mozilla may currently have an issue with "fonts", Vulnerability Spotlight: Libgraphite Font Processing Vulnerabilities.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball NoScript FlashGot AdblockPlus
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.39
Re: Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update
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According to that link, Mozilla doesn't anymore, but latest stable release SeaMonkey does...therube wrote:And Mozilla may currently have an issue with "fonts", Vulnerability Spotlight: Libgraphite Font Processing Vulnerabilities.
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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Re: Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update
Yes, it's called Windows Explorer, but I would have thought that Apple would have known better than that.therube wrote:Have you ever run, what should be stand-alone applications, that do embed the IE rendering engine within, thereby making that application susceptible to IE exploits.
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Thrawn
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Religion is not the opium of the masses. Daily life is the opium of the masses.
True religion, which dares to acknowledge death and challenge the way we live, is an attempt to wake up.
Thrawn
------------
Religion is not the opium of the masses. Daily life is the opium of the masses.
True religion, which dares to acknowledge death and challenge the way we live, is an attempt to wake up.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0
Re: Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update
Sparkle isn't made by Apple.
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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Re: Yet another reason to never let applications auto-update
Oh, true, I missed that.
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Thrawn
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Religion is not the opium of the masses. Daily life is the opium of the masses.
True religion, which dares to acknowledge death and challenge the way we live, is an attempt to wake up.
Thrawn
------------
Religion is not the opium of the masses. Daily life is the opium of the masses.
True religion, which dares to acknowledge death and challenge the way we live, is an attempt to wake up.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0