Firefox 1.0.3 Test Candidate Builds

Ramona · 2005/04/05

Jim,

Duly noted, and thanks for the link to today's release. I have edited the above post to include the updated release. Downloaded and installed here.

If anyone is interested in downloading and installing the most current Firefox 1.0.3 Test Candidate Build, it can be downloaded here:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/

I have found these builds to be quite stable, and have encountered no problems so far. You may be interested in reading Asa Dotzler's comments about Firefox 1.0.3:

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/

Ramona

Ramona · 2005/04/06

UPDATE - April 5, 2005

Another shot at 1.0.3

After further consideration (and investigation,) we have decided that it may be necessary to take a rather larger change into 1.0.3 than we had planned. We've run into one of those "fix the root cause or patch around the symptoms" trade-offs and to prevent future security issues, we're leaning towards the "fix the root problem" fix.

The problem with "the right fix" is that it will probably break a number of extensions - we've already determined that features within DOM Inspector will break and need to be patched.

You can get the Windows build that includes this fix here:
http://207.200.85.49/pub/mozilla.or...1.0.1/firefox-1.0.3.en-US.win32.installer.exe

The Mac build is here:
http://207.200.85.49/pub/mozilla.or...05-16-aviary1.0.1/firefox-1.0.3.en-US.mac.dmg

The Linux build is here:
http://207.200.85.49/pub/mozilla.or...refox-1.0.3.en-US.linux-i686.installer.tar.gz

If you're testing these builds, please set the javascript.options.showInConsole preference to true in about:config, run with your JavaScript Console open (Tools -> JavaScript Console,) and note any errors that come up, especially if and when an extension is failing.

I'm happy to see feedback here. If it's about a specific extension that broke between 1.0.2 and this 1.0.3 build, please note that (and the JS errors) at bug 289231. If it's more general in nature, or you don't have specific error reports, then fee free to post here at this blog or in mail to asa@mozilla.org. Also, if you crash, please submit talkback reports and include the crash report ID in your feedback.

Thanks for all your help so far. The sooner we can gather information on this change, the better it will be for our users' security, and our extensions and extension community. It's also worth noting that the extensions that could break from this change were probably a genuine security risk themselves and so this approach should lead to an overall more secure experience for all of our users.
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Ramona

mikewanca · 2005/04/06

For people not interested in testing, I would suggest sitting tight and waiting for Firefox 1.0.3 final to be released. It shouldn't be too long.

Mozilla 1.7.7 is also in the works. See:
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6336
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla 1.7.7 Coming
Tuesday April 5th, 2005

Ramona · 2005/04/06

mikewanca said:

For people not interested in testing, I would suggest sitting tight and waiting for Firefox 1.0.3 final to be released. It shouldn't be too long.
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I couldn't agree more, Mike, as the developers want information from users who are serious about testing. These test builds are not intended for all end users. I hoped that was perfectly clear from Asa's Weblog...

Latest that I have seen is that any nightly build from today (04/06/05) will not contain the patch that broke extensions, but will contain the patch that fixes that specific javascript bug, which is the subject, and object of, this thread.

Ramona

Ramona · 2005/04/07

Thursday, April 7, 2005
Fifth Set of Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Release Candidates

Asa Dotzler has announced the availability of a fifth set of Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 release candidates. We reported on the forthcoming Firefox 1.0.3 and the first three release candidates two days ago. Late on Tuesday, another release candidate was made available with a security change that caused many extensions to stop working. This fifth set of release candidates should not break anywhere near as many extensions. Any feedback should be sent to Asa.

As many people have asked, we would like to inform readers that the JavaScript engine memory heap disclosure bug will be fixed in Firefox 1.0.3. There will also be a Mozilla 1.7.7 update and possibly a Camino 0.8.4 release to fix this vulnerability in other Mozilla products.
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