[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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