Mozilla has just released security update for Firefox. The latest version is now 1.5.0.9 for the Firefox 1.5 branch and 2.0.0.1 for the Firefox 2 branch.
Make sure you have the latest version to stay secure and for a better browsing experience. Auto-update should take care of the updates by default. You can check the version you have manually by “Help->About Mozilla firefox…“.
Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.1
MFSA 2006-76 XSS using outer window’s Function object
MFSA 2006-75 RSS Feed-preview referrer leak
MFSA 2006-73 Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution
MFSA 2006-72 XSS by setting img.src to javascript: URI
MFSA 2006-71 LiveConnect crash finalizing JS objects
MFSA 2006-70 Privilege escalation using watch point
MFSA 2006-69 CSS cursor image buffer overflow (Windows only)
MFSA 2006-68 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.9/1.8.1.1)
December 26, 2006 at 1:59 pm |
Firefox is definitely better… I will upgrade it now!
January 2, 2007 at 6:16 pm |
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January 9, 2007 at 3:36 pm |
[...] Updating Firefox 2 manually using a MAR file when auto-update fails Remember that using anything but the latest version of your browser leaves you open to a whole bunch of vulnerabilities for which exploits are easily available. So going the extra mile to ensure that your browser is updated should be well worth the trouble. Mozilla recently released updates for Firefox. [...]