Mozilla Firefox 5 set for release in June

Mozilla will release the fifth version of its Firefox browser by 21st June 2011, according to a developer roadmap.

A draft roadmap shows Mozilla's plans to release Firefox 5 in beta by 17th May 2011, with the final release due by the end of June 2011.

In a draft development process document, the company said: "For Mozilla to make a clean break from long, feature-driven release schedules, the project will need to find a way to transition to schedule-driven releases."

"The accumulation of patches during the initial rollout of Firefox 4 is a primary concern. The way we're going to handle this problem is by taking an extremely early cut at Firefox 5," the company added.

Mozilla recently made Firefox 4 available to download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The latest version includes security features and a content security policy.

Twitter is using Mozilla's content security policy (CSP) in Firefox 4 to help prevent web-based attacks on its mobile site.

Mozilla statistics show Firefox 4 has been downloaded over 77 million times since March 2011.

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Adobe announces quick release of patches for latest critical flaw in Flash Player

Adobe has updated its advisory about the latest critical vulnerability in Flash Player with expected dates for patch releases.

The vulnerability, which affects Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

The vulnerability also affects version 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users, version 10.2.156.12 and earlier for Android, the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

Adobe expects to release a security update for Flash Player 10.2.x and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris on 15 April 2011.

The company is aiming to release an update for Adobe Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) for Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 9.4.3 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh no later than the week of 25 April 2011.

"Because Adobe Reader X Protected Mode would prevent an exploit of this kind from executing, we are currently planning to address this issue in Adobe Reader X for Windows with the next quarterly security update for Adobe Reader, currently scheduled for 14 June 2011," the advisory said.

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