Re: Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-04 Thread ng0
Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Mark H Weaver writes: > >> I'm sorry to report that GNU IceCat 38 can no longer be safely used, due >> to critical security flaws that are believed to allow remote code >> execution. I was unable to backport upstream fixes from 45.3 to 38. >> >> Until IceCat 45.3 is ava

Re: Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-04 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Mark H Weaver writes: > I'm sorry to report that GNU IceCat 38 can no longer be safely used, due > to critical security flaws that are believed to allow remote code > execution. I was unable to backport upstream fixes from 45.3 to 38. > > Until IceCat 45.3 is available, I recommend that you use

Re: Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-04 Thread Andreas Enge
Hi Mark, thanks for the information, which is quite worrying. There used to be icecat versions every seven firefox releases, corresponding to the long term releases. So icecat 45 should have been out for some while now... Andreas

Re: Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-04 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Mike, Mike Gerwitz writes: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 23:06:17 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> I'm sorry to report that GNU IceCat 38 can no longer be safely used, due >> to critical security flaws that are believed to allow remote code >> execution. I was unable to backport upstream fixes fro

Re: Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-04 Thread Mike Gerwitz
Mark: On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 23:06:17 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > I'm sorry to report that GNU IceCat 38 can no longer be safely used, due > to critical security flaws that are believed to allow remote code > execution. I was unable to backport upstream fixes from 45.3 to 38. > > Until IceCat

Re: Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-04 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi Mark, On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 23:06:17 -0400 Mark H Weaver wrote: > I'm sorry to report that GNU IceCat 38 can no longer be safely used, due > to critical security flaws that are believed to allow remote code > execution. I was unable to backport upstream fixes from 45.3 to 38. > > Until IceCat

Unpatched security flaws in GNU IceCat 38

2016-08-03 Thread Mark H Weaver
I'm sorry to report that GNU IceCat 38 can no longer be safely used, due to critical security flaws that are believed to allow remote code execution. I was unable to backport upstream fixes from 45.3 to 38. Until IceCat 45.3 is available, I recommend that you use Epiphany. Regretfully,