Firefox 2.0.0.5 Released, Multiple Vulnerabilities Addressed
Firefox 2.0.0.5 has been released. The latest update addresses multiple vulnerabilities including the Firefox “firefoxurl” URI Handler Registration Vulnerability which was labeled by Secunia as highly critical. Please update your Firefox Web browser ASAP if you don’t have auto-update enabled.
Bugs/Vulnerabilities Addressed
- MFSA 2007-25 - XPCNativeWrapper pollution
- MFSA 2007-24 - Unauthorized access to wyciwyg:// documents
- MFSA 2007-23 - Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer
- MFSA 2007-22 - File type confusion due to %00 in name
- MFSA 2007-21 - Privilege escallation using an event handler attached to an element not in the document
- MFSA 2007-20 - Frame spoofing while window is loading
- MFSA 2007-19 - XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout
- MFSA 2007-18 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption
Download
The update is already available in the official Web site. Other platforms and languages for Firefox are also available.
For those who don’t have auto-update enabled, click Help - Check for Updates…
September 25th, 2008 at 1:35
How is it that Mozilla knowing of the vulnerabilities, still releases this version of FireFox? Can someone explain?
September 27th, 2008 at 2:52
Yeah, always on time to rescue the computers. I bet by now a big numbre of computers had problem related with this issue.
October 10th, 2008 at 0:49
I never have problems because my update system is always active and working well.
December 6th, 2008 at 0:55
How is it that Mozilla knowing of the vulnerabilities, still releases this version of FireFox? Can someone explain?
March 6th, 2009 at 1:24
I don’t think there would ever be a better browser like FireFox! Chrome in not even half good compared with FireFox.
March 7th, 2009 at 12:38
I used many explore. But Firefox is most relevant in comparison to other.
I love this explore.
March 16th, 2009 at 18:53
I think Mozilla Firefox is not as fast as Google chrome it is clean and fast to download stuff then Firefox.
March 18th, 2009 at 6:46
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April 12th, 2009 at 2:21
FireFox is the best!!
April 15th, 2009 at 21:27
No one would be able to beat FF!
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