[IT News] Mozilla fixes extremely critical Firefox bugs

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Ret. Mar craytonic

Firefox 1.0.4 was posted to the Mozilla.org Web site yesterday

The Mozilla Foundation has patched two "extremely critical" security holes in its Firefox browser by releasing an updated version of the browser. Firefox 1.0.4 was posted to the Mozilla.org Web site late yesterday.

When used in tandem, the two bugs could be used by an attacker to take control of a Firefox user's system by exploiting the way Firefox handles software installations from certain trusted Web sites. Firefox automatically allows software to be installed from update.mozilla.org and addons.mozilla.org, but users who want to add software from other Web sites can add to this trusted list.

Read the full story here
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,101676,00.html?SKC=software-101676

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Message:	On 2005-05-14 02:59:51, craytonic wrote >Firefox 1.0.4 was posted to the Mozilla.org Web site yesterday > >The Mozilla Foundation has patched two "extremely critical" security holes in its Firefox browser by releasing an updated version of the browser. Firefox 1.0.4 was posted to the Mozilla.org Web site late yesterday. > >When used in tandem, the two bugs could be used by an attacker to take control of a Firefox user's system by exploiting the way Firefox handles software installations from certain trusted Web sites. Firefox automatically allows software to be installed from update.mozilla.org and addons.mozilla.org, but users who want to add software from other Web sites can add to this trusted list. > >Read the full story here >[url]http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,101676,00.html?SKC=software-101676[/url] >
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