Critical Firefox Patch

[MistressValerie1]

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1690

A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Suite, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. ...

* Solution *

Disable IDN support automatically by installing this temporary fix :
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0.6/patches/307259.xpi

 

[His Divine Shadow]

At least the patch is already out. Sounds like 1.0.7 will be popping up soon. THanks for the heads up, Missy Val.

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

I clicked on the link and it just loaded a blank page (the install link that is).

EDIT: Nevermind, I did it manually. Thanks for the info.

 

[MistressValerie1]

The good thing about Firefox is that they fix their problems very quickly, while Microsoft can take months to update Internet Explorer. Future versions of Firefox (1.5+) are expected to have automatic updates with true patches instead of complete new builds for minor fixes.

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Its good to know they're taking care of us, to the best of their abilities anyway.

 

[-Kunoke-]

Thanks, Val.

 

[MistressValerie1]

I'm glad to be of help 🙂

 

[Duke Diablo]

And, so, the users of the Mozilla Firefox will sleep easier tonight thanx to Mistress Valerie*fanfare*

Uped and installed. Thnx.