Hi all (Happy New Year),
I was wondering whether it is recommended to update Firefox to Firefox-Quantum (v.57) in CentOS 7. As you know Spectre is all over the news, and according to this Mozilla security note, Spectre is mitigated in their newly released Firefox 57.0.4 (my CentOS 7 packs v.52 as I guess yours do too?).
Is it worth deleting v.52 and installing v.57? If so, do you recommend a specific repository? Or should I use a tarball?
Thanks!
[Solved] CentOS 7, Firefox, and Spectre
[Solved] CentOS 7, Firefox, and Spectre
Last edited by ysc on 2018/01/08 18:17:45, edited 1 time in total.
Re: CentOS 7, Firefox, and Spectre
I'd wait and see what RH release in the next week or so. I'd imagine that the ESR branch of firefox will get that fix too.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Re: CentOS 7, Firefox, and Spectre
That makes sense, thanks for your reply!