[Bug 569] Re: Firestarter Help runs Firefox as root

towsonu2003 towsonu2003 at gmail.com
Tue May 2 20:36:02 UTC 2006


to confirm and to add my thoughts:

In Dapper Beta2 LiveCD, Firefox will be launched with root privileges thru Firestarter Help, risking the installation by:

1. opening up the system to firefox bugs
2. user may continue browsing with firefox, not knowing that s/he's browsing with ROOT privileges, opening up the system to firefox vulnerabilities.

Can't we use yelp, or make firestarter launch help with sudo'ing user's privileges?

** Changed in: firestarter (Ubuntu)
     Severity: Normal => Major

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Firestarter Help runs Firefox as root
https://launchpad.net/bugs/569




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