{"id":758,"date":"2009-03-30T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T08:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2009-03-30T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T08:51:56","slug":"firefox-rushes-out-quick-fix-for-critical-security-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-rushes-out-quick-fix-for-critical-security-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Rushes Out Quick Fix for Critical Security Holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/firefox.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/firefox-zero-day-exploit-awaits-bug-fix\/\">we reported<\/a> on two zero-day flaws in the latest version of the Firefox web browser. The Mozilla Foundation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/3.0.8\/releasenotes\/\">has released<\/a> Firefox 3.08, essentially to fix those issues. Described <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/security\/known-vulnerabilities\/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.8\">here<\/a>, the two flaws were rated critical. If you use Firefox, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/firefox.html\">update now<\/a> to make sure you&#8217;re safe.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we reported on two zero-day flaws in the latest version of the Firefox web browser. The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.08, essentially to fix those issues. Described here, the two flaws were rated critical. 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