[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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