I.T. Vibe - Critical Firefox update released

Four days after we reported on the critical vulnerabilities that had been found in the Firefox browser, users will be relieved to hear that the Mozilla Foundation has issued an update to their software which fixes the problems.

Version 1.0.4 of the browser should be seen as a mandatory update for all Firefox users. It addresses the following three critical bugs in the software:

  • Privilege escalation via non-DOM property overrides
  • "Wrapped" javascript: urls bypass security checks
  • Code execution via javascript: IconURL

As well as addressing the above problems, the new version of the software fixes certain DHTML errors which are encountered at some web sites.

We would highly recommend that all Firefox users update to the latest version of the software as soon as possible, either by using the browsers own internal update mechanism or by downloading the software from the Firefox homepage.

It may be worrying that critical flaws keep being found in the supposedly secure Firefox browser, but the incredibly quick fix times should help to reassure users that Firefox really is the better option.

Comment # 1 on 13 May 2005 at 10:24 by Anonymous

Sounds familiar??? I forsee this would be juz the begining of the on-going patches once they become as popular as IE.

Comment # 2 on 13 May 2005 at 10:55 by Anonymous

Firefox rocks! Wiiilem van Straaten

Comment # 3 on 13 May 2005 at 11:01 by diepoog

FireFox Rocks. Got the update and it works like a dream <a href="http://www.econsultant.co.za" title="eConsultant">eConsultant</a>

Comment # 4 on 13 May 2005 at 11:03 by Anonymous

No software is perfect isn't it? Microsoft will be smirking here.

Comment # 5 on 13 May 2005 at 12:09 by Anonymous

I hate software...And especially those computers..Brrr... I want my life back. Bye Bye technology. I hate you.

Comment # 6 on 13 May 2005 at 12:13 by Anonymous

i know what you mean ...

Comment # 7 on 16 May 2005 at 15:16 by Anonymous

So far, i like firefox better than IE, its purrrty..and sounds better.lol

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