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By Dawn Kawamoto
Posted on ZDNet News: Sep 15, 2006 7:54:00 PM

Mozilla has sent out an update to Firefox, designed to address seven security flaws in the open-source Web browser.

Firefox 1.5.0.7, released Thursday, tackles a problem that lets outsiders run code remotely and aims to improve the product's stability.

Of the seven vulnerabilities fixed, four are rated "critical" by Mozilla. The new browser version addresses the circumvention of security via an RSA signature forgery flaw, as well as cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. In addition, it patches a JavaScript regular expression heap corruption issue and a memory corruption issue that could lead to the execution of code.

While the update addressed four critical flaws, it was less extensive than one released in July that contained fixes for seven flaws.

The release of Firefox 1.5.0.7 comes alongside the online publication of exploits to attack Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The 5.01 and 6 versions of the Web browser, running on all current versions of the Windows operating system, are affected.

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It's not a real probem, it's a Zdnet affect
most posters are ready to slam the other on differing views. This making a religion or politics out of what technology used just leads to real world conflict in cyberspace, plus they or we can fight ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Boot_Agnostic Posted on: 09/21/06 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Yow! Nasty bugs! But at least I'm patched already.  Zogg | 09/15/06
Are you really sure?  vail2 | 09/18/06
Yow! Nasty bugs! But at least I'm patched already.  tealcat | 09/19/06
I guess it isnt just IE with the holes  mmassey1 | 09/15/06
Well, let's see  nucrash | 09/15/06
Still, just look at the safety. there are very few exploits because  DonnieBoy | 09/15/06
I think it's just fine...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/15/06
Not an MS Hater  voska | 09/15/06
Another childish post  dl@... | 09/16/06
RE: I guess it isnt just IE with the holes  tfahs_orcim | 09/17/06
Breaking the functionality of a few plugins is no big deal.  osreinstall | 09/17/06
I think MS is too slow  CobraA1 | 09/17/06
timely  samcurry | 09/15/06
How do you know it was timely?  PB_z | 09/15/06
same can be asked of you, too  Monkey_MCSE | 09/15/06
You're right, I don't have answers to the questions.  PB_z | 09/15/06
A short trip to bugzilla will answer most of your questions (nt)  CobraA1 | 09/17/06
Firefox update patches security holes  Loverock Davidson | 09/15/06
Old news.... As I started FF today it auto-updated itself ... so boring happy  michael_t | 09/15/06
I couldn't pass up this opportunity to remember our poor friends on the  michael_t | 09/15/06
This is old news... about 12 hours old.  Mr. Roboto | 09/15/06
Firefox 1.5.0.7 crashes every time upon load  Scrat | 09/15/06
Let me use FF 1.5.0.7 to reply ....  michael_t | 09/15/06
After the upgrade  Boot_Agnostic | 09/16/06
Site was down  Greenknight_z | 09/19/06
Firefox update  garfent@... | 09/16/06
It is your profile directory  osreinstall | 09/16/06
1.5.0.7  garfent@... | 09/16/06
Firefox 1.5.0.7 is still vulnerable to Michal Zalewski flaw!!!!!  vail2 | 09/18/06
Always turn off javascript when going to those websites.  osreinstall | 09/18/06
Use the NoScript FF extension  WildcatRay | 09/18/06
I used it once before  osreinstall | 09/18/06
FYI: NoScript Will Block This...  WildcatRay | 09/18/06
This was old news?  TripleII | 09/18/06
The main Firefox bug is not about security  trapalas | 09/18/06
Memory usage is an issue but...  the_seb | 09/18/06
Memory use is a problem with FF  michael_t | 09/18/06
Hmmm  the_seb | 09/18/06
Solved that weeks ago.  osreinstall | 09/18/06
That is too high  Greenknight_z | 09/19/06
Firefox 1.5.0.7 is still vulnerable to Michal Zalewski flaw  vail2 | 09/18/06
Determined to get message across?  TripleII | 09/18/06
Firefox 1.5.0.7  faridansari0@... | 09/18/06
Firefox 1.5.0.7 crashes on yahoo chess  stoptheviolins@... | 09/18/06
Why does any news of patching start up flame wars?  MacGeek2121 | 09/18/06
It's not a real probem, it's a Zdnet affect  Boot_Agnostic | 09/21/06
My Firefox updates...  interested_amateur@... | 09/19/06

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