Yet another Thunderbird and Firefox Update

Within days of the previous updates, the 2 Mozilla applications are now at:

• Thunderbird v3.1.6
• Firefox v3.6.12

I guess we can say this is an excellent example of instant patching or simply a case of bad QA test for patches and need to re-patch. I feel it is likely the second case. But look at the case WHY Firefox is patch...

It is a CRITICAL security issue that allows remote code execution. 

Now, I think many people will understand the reason why I banned Firefox for home use.

Firefox and Thunderbird Update

There is yet another update from Firefox and Thunderbird silently being released. I did not get a update prompt on both the applications. That bring their versions up to :

• Thunderbird 3.1.5
• Firefox 3.6.11

Honestly, I had lost faith in these applications. I had already made decision to ban them from my home network because of security issues. It is just not sustainable to keep manually updating them and the windows between release and actual updating can be quite large because now I do not even get a proper prompt to update. The only worries will be having Firefox on the server... That is a real issue because I do not think people will wake up middle of the night to upgrade your server... So that gives at least 12 hours or so. 

Why can't Firefox just do a force upgrade like Chrome?

Firefox and Opera new release to fix issues

Firefox 3.6.2 had been silently released. Some users may actually see a prompt stating that a critical update is available, but unable to download. This is referring to the Firefox 3.6.2 update which address some very critical vulnerabilities. I had not be able to find the exact update file online, but what you can do is to simply go to the download page for Firefox and download 3.6 again. After installation, you will notice that it is now 3.6.2.

On the other hand, Opera has also release 10.51 which address 2 of the high risk vulnerabilities. This should automatically be updated.