On 09/07/2012 04:46 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 9/7/12 3:30 PM, Chris Ilias wrote: >> On 12-09-07 9:34 AM, hawker wrote: >>> I see Google has a new map sytem called MapsGL. >>> >>> When I try to use it in Seamonky 2.11 it says my browser is not >>> supported. Under supported browsers it lists Firefox going back a ways >>> (version 8) so Seamonkey should work as well. >>> >>> I understand Seamonkey now advertises itself as Firefox, so can anyone >>> tell me why this is not working and what to do to make it work? >> >> MapsGL uses WebGL, which requires support from both the browser and your >> graphics card. >> WebGL support was added in SeaMonkey 2.1. >> We can get more info about your graphics card and whether or it supports >> WebGL if you post your Troubleshooting Information. Go to >> Help-->Troubleshooting_Information, then click [Copy all to Clipboard]. >> Open a reply to this post, and go to Edit-->Paste to paste the info from >> your Troubleshooting Information page. >> > > From US-CERT at > <http://www.us-cert.gov/current/archive/2011/05/19/archive.html#web_users_warned_to_turn>: > >> WebGL Security Risks added May 11, 2011 at 01:50 pm | updated May 16, >> 2011 at 10:20 am >> >> US-CERT is aware of reports indicating that WebGL contains multiple >> significant security issues. The impact of these issues includes >> denial of service, and cross-domain attacks. WebGL is a new web >> standard that is enabled by default in Firefox 4 and Google Chrome >> and is included in Safari. >> >> US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Context >> report and update their systems as necessary to help mitigate the risks. > ["Context report is at <http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl/>] > > Thus, I disabled WebGL. I have seen no notice of this vulnerability > being fixed. >
You might want to ad this url: <https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-62.html> Title: WebGL use-after-free and memory corruption Impact: Critical Announced: August 28, 2012 Reporter: miaubiz Products: Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Fixed in: Firefox 15 Firefox ESR 10.0.7 Thunderbird 15 Thunderbird ESR 10.0.7 SeaMonkey 2.12 Perhaps 'hawker' will consider upgrading to SeaMonkey 2.12 from 2.11 - at least for the WebGL security fix? _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
