Due to a bug found immediately after its release, Firefox 16 was promptly withdrawn. However, it will soon be available for download again.
Small trouble for the Mozilla Foundation: the new version of Firefox 16 has been withdrawn shortly after its release.
The measure was necessary because it was discovered that a bug could have caused serious problems.
In fact, a bug was found which, under certain circumstances, could have allowed malicious third-party sites access to the user’s history.
All the URLs of the visited sites would therefore be known, including parameters in clear.
It is not clear whether the vulnerability has been identified and exploited by those with fraudulent intentions, however on a post published on Mozilla’s Security Blog it was explained that the withdrawal of the new version was considered safer.
There are two options for users who promptly proceeded with the download of Firefox 16: to “roll back” to version 15.0.1 or wait a few hours.
At Mozilla labs, technicians are already working to fix the bug: the release of the patches is expected shortly.
The upgrade will be released automatically, so no special operations will be needed. However, for those who want to follow the issue more closely, it is recommended to monitor Mozilla’s Security Blog for new instructions from the staff.
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