Mozilla hastily shoves Firefox updates out door
January 1, 2009 Software Review
Mozilla has rushed out updates to plug a few serious holes in versions 2 and 3 of its popular 
source Firefox browser. Firefox 3.0.5. fixes three critical security flaws in the browser, while 2.0.0.19 stitches four critical vulns.
The vulnerabilities in SessionStore, XSS and so-called JavaScript”privilege escalation” and crashes that could cause memory corruption have been repaired in Firefox 3.0.5.
The bugs in the browser could have been used to run attacker mode and install software, requiring no user communication beyond normal browsing. Users are urged to upgrade from Firefox 2.0 because version 2.0.0.19 is the final release of updates for the browser.
There are no plans for any further security and stability updates for Firefox 2, and it is recommended that you upgrade to Firefox 3 as soon as possible. In other words, it won’t be supporting the browser against future online scams and attacks.
Microsoft is having to push out an emergency security patch for Internet Explorer, addressing a dangerous security hole currently being exploited .
Microsoft stated that the latest vulnerability stems from data binding bugs that allow hackers access to a computer’s memory space, allowing attackers to remotely execute malicious code as IE crashes.
Comments (1)
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