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Firefox suffers first 'extremely critical' security hole
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babbs
 Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 397 Location: Running down a highway in Virginia, USA. |
FYI... I don't know if this problem is in Firefox alone or if it is in the Mozilla browser too... ----- Firefox suffers first 'extremely critical' security hole By Matthew Broersma Techworld 09 May 2005 Firefox has unpatched "extremely critical" security holes and exploit code is already circulating on the Net, security researchers have warned. The two unpatched flaws in the Mozilla browser could allow an attacker to take control of your system. <snip> Full article at: http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3619 |
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Ian
Official Dog Handler  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 1237 Location: Queensland |
Just found this on the net. The Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday shipped a new version of its flagship Firefox Web browser to patch a serious security hole that could put users at risk of computer takeover. The flaw, which was discovered and reported by Internet Security Systems Inc., causes a buffer overflow because of the way GIF files are processed by Firefox. Developed by CompuServe in the 1980s, the GIF format is widely used on the Web because of the improved file-compression features it offers. "There have been no known exploits of the bug, but as Mozilla is committed to delivering the most secure product possible, we decided to quickly issue an update to patch the bug," said Chris Hoffman, director of engineering at Mozilla. Did you read the comments at the bottom of that article, they got pretty heated in some parts but some were funny. |
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babbs
Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 397 Location: Running down a highway in Virginia, USA. |
Staying on top of the exploits can be a full time job. Here are a few of the Mozilla exploits that I could find (date posted -- description): Sat 21-May-2005 -- Mozilla Firefox view-source:javascript url Code Execution Exploit Sun 08-May-2005 -- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Exploit Mon 18-Apr-2005 -- Mozilla Suite and Firefox "Link" Code Execution Exploit Sun 17-Apr-2005 -- Mozilla Suite and Firefox "favicons" LINK Code Execution Exploit Sun 17-Apr-2005 -- Mozilla Firefox Sidebar Code Execution Proof of Concept Exploit All we can do is be aware and update as appropriate... |
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