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Security Protection - Harry Waldron (CS)

Security Best Practices, Breaking News, & Updates

Firefox 3.51 New Vulnerability and POC exploit

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered and FF users should look for a patch soon. A proof-of-concept exploit has been developed and so far no known attacks in the wild have been documented.  Some mitigation techniques include: Noscript, AV protection, and safe practices

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Unicode Data Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6829
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35707/discuss

QUOTE: Various analysts and sites have recently confirmed a vulnerability is present in FireFox 3.5.1 that has had exploit PoC released. When exploited, the vulnerability can lead to system compromise or induce a DOS. No Patch is available.