Firefox security vulnerabilities

Information about more Firefox vulnerabilities has been released:

Code execution through javascript: favicons
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html

Arbitrary code execution from Firefox side panel II
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-39.html

The fix?  Disable javascript or update to Firefox 1.0.3.

We can only hope that all of those Firefox users who changed browsers because they believe Firefox is 'safe' will find out about these and other vulnerabilities and regularly check for updates, especially those who believed Mozilla when they said “No spyware/adware software can automatically install in Firefox just by visiting a web site.”
(cite: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq)

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Firefox used to infect IE:
http://msmvps.com/spywaresucks/archive/2005/03/13/38392.aspx

 

Published Tue, Apr 19 2005 9:04 by sandi