Firefox 3.6.15 Released

In a somewhat surprising move, Mozilla has just released a new version of the Firefox web browser. Surprising because the last release dates just two days back (see Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8, Firefox 3.6.14, 3.5.17 Updates Released). A new release shortly after a new version is usually indication of a security issue or a critical bug that needed fixing immediately.

It is not clear yet why the new version has been pushed out , the release notes have not been posted yet and the new version ins only available via Mozilla’s ftp server and worldwide mirror servers.

Bugzilla lists a total of 23 bugs and issues that have been resolved in Firefox 3.6.15. One of the issues listed has received the highest severity rating blocker which could indicate that it is responsible for the update.

The release has fixed six critical issues as well which all but one seem to resolve crashes in the browser. The release does not appear to be security related, at least not on first glance over the issues that have been fixed according to Bugzilla.

It is likely that Mozilla will make an official release announcement later today. We will update this news post once the release notes have been published on the Mozilla Firefox website. The page they will be posted on is this one.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Friday March 4, 2011 -
Tags:firefox 3, firefox-update

Responses so far:

1. Paul(us) says:

   March 4, 2011 at 2:59 pm

   You can allready download Mozilla Firefox 3 3.6.15 Final on:
   http://majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=2248&file=1&evp=7b5b67cedfd41e9782a30d14601a0cb7

   Reply
2. Billy Girlardo says:

   March 4, 2011 at 4:09 pm

   Oops!

   We hate to say it, but we couldn’t find that page or file you’re looking for.

   Reply
   • Martin says:

     March 4, 2011 at 5:10 pm

     Because it is not officially released yet. When it is the page becomes active.

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3. Thomas says:

   March 4, 2011 at 4:24 pm

   Hmm, I have set my “channel-prefs.js” -> pref(“app.update.channel”, “beta”); so I get the updates earlier. Till now, no new update available.

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4. miftah says:

   March 4, 2011 at 5:22 pm

   I’ve allready download and install Firefox 3.6.15, and it say “You are running an unknown version of Firefox”

   download it from here :D
   http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.15/win32/

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5. Robert Palmar says:

   March 4, 2011 at 8:28 pm

   Thanks for the head’s up, Martin.
   Just grabbed it.

   I had not installed v3.6.14 yet
   and this quick release means
   I may have dodged a bullet.

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6. Nicolai says:

   March 4, 2011 at 10:29 pm

   Don’t you think this has something to do with CanSecWest’s Pwn2Own? I mean, it begins i a few days (?) and then suddenly Mozilla patches FF?

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7. dougerman says:

   March 5, 2011 at 7:16 am

   They need to release this fast because Java applets were crashing in 3.6.14

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   • Martin says:

     March 5, 2011 at 9:11 am

     Dougerman, thanks for the info, do you have a link to an official page with information about that?

     Reply