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Re: Firefox Problems



Every decent browser has vulnerabilities (maybe just not published/unknown).
You can safely install firefox, but I recommend to use the Noscript extension :)

Camilo Reyes wrote:

> Hi All, just gave NetBSD a shot and I must say I like the streamlined 
> simplicity and flexibility in the design so far. The problem I'm having while 
> installing firefox is this error:
> 
> => Bootstrap dependency digest>=20010302: found digest-20080510
> ===> Checking for vulnerabilities in firefox-2.0.0.14
> Package firefox-2.0.0.14 has a remote-system-access vulnerability, see: 
> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2785
> Package firefox-2.0.0.14 has a memory-corruption vulnerability, see: 
> http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-21.html
> Package firefox-2.0.0.14 has a arbitrary-code-execution vulnerability, see: 
> http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-25.html
> Package firefox-2.0.0.14 has a arbitrary-code-execution vulnerability, see: 
> http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-33.html
> ERROR: Define ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES in mk.conf or IGNORE_URLS in 
> audit-packages.conf(5) if this package is absolutely essential.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox
> 
> It seems Firefox has some built-in holes in it, which makes me think twice 
> before installing it. Should I install it anyway? Or find an alternative, if 
> so, which one?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
>       


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Adam

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