*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 355005 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355005
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duplicate of bug 355005, so it is being marked as such. Please look
See also:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+bug/355005 (in
fact this might be a dupe).
I'll repeat the comment I made there: why can't Firefox do the same
thing it does in Windows when you download an executable file? Firefox
has specific behavior there to warn the user about
** Changed in: firefox
Importance: Undecided = Unknown
Bugwatch: None = Mozilla Bugzilla #477532
Status: Invalid = Unknown
** Changed in: bugzilla
Importance: Unknown = Undecided
Bugwatch: Mozilla Bugzilla #477532 = None
Status: Confirmed = New
** Changed in:
** Changed in: firefox
Status: Unknown = Confirmed
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: firefox = firefox-3.0
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 04:59:49PM -, Patola wrote:
Yay, right. I agree that is difficult to blame it on Firefox. But that
does not mean that there's not a problem. The distribution should take
steps to protects their users. It just happens that the combination of
MIME types, browsers and
** Changed in: bugzilla
Status: Won't Fix = Confirmed
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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I agree with upstream's comments. If you are going to install virus'
than its your problem not firefox. maybe file a bug upstream with wine
to check the file you are trying to run.
** Changed in: firefox
Status: New = Invalid
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged =
Yay, right. I agree that is difficult to blame it on Firefox. But that
does not mean that there's not a problem. The distribution should take
steps to protects their users. It just happens that the combination of
MIME types, browsers and wine can lead an user to compromise his/her
system.
** Changed in: bugzilla
Status: New = Won't Fix
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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What do you mean by won't fix? Why not? This is a particularly
dangerous security concern! Firefox should NOT run arbitrary executables
from the internet. Should Ubuntu become another Windows?
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
This bug report has been sent upstream with a request to prevent Firefox
from letting wine open viruses:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477532.
** Also affects: bugzilla via
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477532
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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** Changed in: bugzilla
Status: Unknown = New
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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Added bug watch.
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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** Summary changed:
- Biggest security vulnerability ever: firefox wants to run windows virus via
wine
+ firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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What is wrong with our firefox that you have to run it in wine?
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firefox shouldnt suggest to open .exe files with wine (virus)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309214
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:43 AM, John Vivirito gnomefr...@gmail.com
wrote:
What is wrong with our firefox that you have to run it in wine?
I don't run firefox via wine. I run the regular ubuntu-packaged firefox, but
the problem is that he is prone to running windows virii with wine.
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