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Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox 2.0.0.7 has a very serious calculation bug

Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox 2.0.0.7 has a very serious calculation bug
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:32:52 -0700
On 28 Sep 07, at 19:25, wac wrote:
On 9/28/07, Jimby Sharp <jimbysharp@gmail.com> wrote:
How is this serious and is it related to security in any manner? If
not, please do not spam. :-(

 Many bugs are security related (I would say all). How it is security
related? Think. What happens if your bank calculates something  
wrong and
puts the lower in your account and the higher in another account?  
Yes It
might be little but what about a little many
times? That could be done with javascript too. Then... you are not  
safe
anymore.

If your bank is doing financial calculations using Javascript in a
standard web browser, you have bigger things to worry about than
roundoff errors.

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