firefox and seamonkey don't always use nswrapper

[Joep L. Blom]

NoOp schreef:
> On 08/02/2008 05:09 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>> HI,
>> I just started using ubuntu (after 6 years of Fedora) so I'm still not 
>> familiar with the peculiarities of Ubuntu, so I have many questions. The 
>> first I have applies to the upgrade policy. I have a problem with 
>> nspluginwrapper.
>> On the (nspluginwrapper)-site it says the version 1.0.0 is available but 
>> Ubuntu only has 0.9.91.6. As my firefox (2.0.1) - and seamonkey (1.1.9) 
>>   - both act with certain sites as if the wrapper isn't loaded and I 
>> have read on the site of nspluginwrapper that the new version should 
>> resolve certain problems I wonder what the reason for the ubuntu 
>> packagers is not to upgrade.
>> I don't want to compile it myself as I'm unfamiliar with the .deb 
>> related package database and I don't know how a selfcompiled program is 
>> - or can be - stored in that database.
>> Sorry for the rather long question, hope somebody can help me out.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Joep
>>
> 
>>From your other post I see that you are using 64bit; can you please try
> the flashplugin-nonfree module? It uses nspluginwrapper to install flash
> on your system. To install; from a terminal:
> 
> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
> 
> Or use System|Administration|Synaptics Package Manager and search for
> flash.
> 
> Regarding your SeaMonkey, you should upgrade to 1.1.11 as it resolves
> several security issues that were in 1.1.9. The Ubuntu 1.1.9 Hardy
> version has been *not* updated to include the 1.1.11 security patches:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seamonkey
> 
> Ubuntu's 1.1.9 only fixes up to MFSA 2008-19 and *does not* fix:
> <http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html#seamonkey1.1.11>
> Fixed in SeaMonkey 1.1.11
> MFSA 2008-34 Remote code execution by overflowing CSS reference counter
> Fixed in SeaMonkey 1.1.10
> MFSA 2008-33 Crash and remote code execution in block reflow
> MFSA 2008-32 Remote site run as local file via Windows URL shortcut
> MFSA 2008-31 Peer-trusted certs can use alt names to spoof
> MFSA 2008-30 File location URL in directory listings not escaped properly
> MFSA 2008-29 Faulty .properties file results in uninitialized memory
> being used
> MFSA 2008-28 Arbitrary socket connections with Java LiveConnect on Mac OS X
> MFSA 2008-27 Arbitrary file upload via originalTarget and DOM Range
> MFSA 2008-26 Buffer length checks in MIME processing
> MFSA 2008-25 Arbitrary code execution in
> mozIJSSubScriptLoader.loadSubScript()
> MFSA 2008-24 Chrome script loading from fastload file
> MFSA 2008-23 Signed JAR tampering
> MFSA 2008-22 XSS through JavaScript same-origin violation
> MFSA 2008-21 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.15)
> MFSA 2008-20 Crash in JavaScript garbage collector
> 
> I highly recommend that if you run SM, you download and install it
> directly from Mozilla:
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
> 
> 
> 
> 
Thanks for the information!
I thought already so. However, when I try to download the 1.11 version 
although I can download it, it won't install which is understandable as 
on the site I only see a 32-bit version for Linux (and Windows). Wher do 
I get the 64-bit version?
Joep