Ubuntu
firestarter package

Firestarter help launches firefox with root privileges

Bug #42648 reported by towsonu2003
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #569: Firestarter Help runs Firefox as root. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

In Dapper Beta2 LiveCD, install firestarter from the repositories, launch and configure it. Go to preferences, and click on Help. Firefox will be launched with root privileges, 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?

Revision history for this message
towsonu2003 (towsonu2003) wrote :

ouch, sorry. Duplicate of Bug #569

Changed in firestarter:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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