[CS-FSLUG] Firefox vulnerability
Jukka Y
mail at ylonen.info
Fri Jul 9 06:05:31 CDT 2004
Bad news if you just downloaded and installed Mozilla Firefox for Windows NT,
XP or 2000. It is reported to have some vulnerability which allows the
execution of arbitrary code. Fortunately patch is already available.
Binary patch here (to be installed via windows shell..?):
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.1/shellblock.xpi
Full version (0.9.2) here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.9.2/FirefoxSetup-0.9.2.exe
More about the issue here:
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/08/2327246&mode=nested&tid=78&tid=82
If you choose to install the full version, don't forget to remove old one(s).
Mozilla.org has guide here:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/
Blessings,
Jukka
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