Researchers: hackers have used an 18-year-old flaw in how Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS handle queries to a 0.0.0.0 IP address to breach private networks
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Thomas Brewster / Forbes: Researchers: hackers have used an 18-year-old flaw in how Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS handle queries to a 0.0.0.0 IP address to breach private networks  —  Weaknesses in Chrome, Firefox and Safari gave hackers a route into internal networks, even those protected by firewalls, security researchers warn.

  • sodalite@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If I use a browser based on Firefox (like Waterfox, Librewolf, or Ghostery) would that browser need to wait for Mozilla to fix it and inherit their fix, or could they address it in their own version of Firefox?