The following is from a CERT advisory released this morning. ###################### III. Solution

Upgrade

These vulnerabilities are addressed in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4, Firefox 1.5.0.12, Thunderbird 2.0.0.4, Thunderbird 1.5.0.12, SeaMonkey 1.0.9, SeaMonkey 1.1.2. By default, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey automatically check for updates. ########################

CERT are normally good at getting their facts right, so are we to expect a Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 or is this a mistake?

In any case, I am currently using 2.0.0.0 and have just 'Help>check for updates' and found none available, which implies there currently isn't a solution!

... the Form History Manager extension does not work with v2. The author has indicated that it is very unlikely that this extension will ever work on v2 as the API has changed significantly and some of the functions used by the extension have been taken out of Firefox. As form history is either on (all form data saved) or off (no form data saved) and it is not possible to selectively allow/disallow it by URL, this extension is very important to me because it enables me to remove items like credit card numbers etc. without having to remove all of the form history, some of which is useful to retain. Unless the author of Form History Manager finds a way to make that extension run on FF v2, I will be very reluctant to upgrade from FF v1.5 on any machine where I may have to enter private information (e.g. Internet banking, e-commerce, etc.).

Smooth update under NT 4! Just ran the updater and all went well. Works great! Thank you Firefox team!

Since I updated to the new version of Firefox I've experienced increased problems using MySpace (I keep getting errors regarding cookies when I click on MySapce links -- such as "Add Me" -- on certain pages) and Firefox simply freezing up and giving me a "Done" word in the lower left corner when the page is obviously not done loading. This happens frequently. I have to shut down Firefox and start again.

I'm using a Mac OS X iBook G4 that, until this point, had no trouble handling anything thrown at it. This latest version of Firefox, however, is causing all sorts of hang-ups in the system.

What gives?

Bill

I updated to Firefox 2.0.0.4 yesterday and after closing down, I got the following error:

"The procedure entry point JS_SealObject could not be located in the dynamic link library js3250.dll"

I have uninstalled and re-installed and still get the same error.

In frustration, I have downloaded Seamonkey and am using that instead. Be warned!!

Using an intel machine and Mac OSX...

Browser does not get the focus until I click on the title bar... this is a serious regression, it tends to make you believe the browser is completely locked up.

2.0.0.4.1 ?

The new fixed-width tabs are murder, I do a lot of online research and having half my tabs hidden off screen and having to scroll around to hunt for them is driving me insane, is there any way of getting back the old tab system without giving up on v2 altogether?

The new fixed-width tabs are murder, I do a lot of online research and having half my tabs hidden off screen and having to scroll around to hunt for them is driving me insane, is there any way of getting back the old tab system without giving up on v2 altogether?

...there's some way of getting the bookmarks bar to go to two rows? I've reduced all the links to just an icon and I'm still out of room, and it does that same hiding-to-the-side thing that the new tabs are doing.

Thanks so much to the people who posted patches/hacks, I'm about to instal them now, cheers

-ethan