Update To Firefox Tightens Security
Mozilla has made a new version of Firefox available which addresses several security issues including a highly debated input validation flaw that was reported just over a week ago. The bug in question affected users who run both Firefox and Internet Explorer. Heated discussions over the last week among security experts as well as the browser makers themselves have essentially created two sides on the issue, one blaming Microsoft and the other Mozilla. While this patch protects users from being exploited by the bug, it does not correct the vulnerability that exists within IE.
Firefox 2.0.0.5 also corrects several other security flaws, two of them critical. One involves crashes of the browser which showed evidence of memory corruption that could be exploited to run arbitrary code. These crashes not only affect the stability of Firefox but Mozilla’s Thunderbird and Seamonkey products as well. The other critical bug allowed an attacker to execute malicious code under escalated “chrome” privileges.
It is recommended that you upgrade to version 2.0.0.5 immediately.
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