AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.theregister.com/2005/09/09/firefox_security_flap/
9th September 2005
" Security researchers have discovered an unpatched vulnerability in Firefox that might be used to crash vulnarable systems. Hackers might also use the security bug to trick surfers into running malicious code by simply fooling them into visiting a maliciously constructed website. This is a class of problem well known to IE users but it will come as a nasty shock to users of the alternative browser, which has been seen as something of a safe haven from hacker attack even though this assumption has come under question over recent months. The vulnerability, discovered by Tom Ferris of Security Protocols, applies to Firefox version 1.0.6. Previous versions may also be affected but this has yet to be confirmed. The security bug stems from an error in handling a URL that contains the 0xAD character in its domain name, giving rise to possible heap-based buffer overflow attacks…"
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16764
Release Date: 2005-09-09
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: DoS, System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Mozilla Firefox 1.x …
Description:
…Successful exploitation crashes Firefox and may potentially allow code execution but requires that the user is tricked into visiting a malicious web site or open a specially crafted HTML file.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.0.6, and is reported to affect versions prior to 1.0.6, and version 1.5 Beta 1.
Solution:
Don't browse untrusted web sites…
Original Advisory:
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt …"
- http://www.theregister.com/2005/09/09/firefox_security_flap/
9th September 2005
" Security researchers have discovered an unpatched vulnerability in Firefox that might be used to crash vulnarable systems. Hackers might also use the security bug to trick surfers into running malicious code by simply fooling them into visiting a maliciously constructed website. This is a class of problem well known to IE users but it will come as a nasty shock to users of the alternative browser, which has been seen as something of a safe haven from hacker attack even though this assumption has come under question over recent months. The vulnerability, discovered by Tom Ferris of Security Protocols, applies to Firefox version 1.0.6. Previous versions may also be affected but this has yet to be confirmed. The security bug stems from an error in handling a URL that contains the 0xAD character in its domain name, giving rise to possible heap-based buffer overflow attacks…"
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16764
Release Date: 2005-09-09
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: DoS, System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Mozilla Firefox 1.x …
Description:
…Successful exploitation crashes Firefox and may potentially allow code execution but requires that the user is tricked into visiting a malicious web site or open a specially crafted HTML file.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.0.6, and is reported to affect versions prior to 1.0.6, and version 1.5 Beta 1.
Solution:
Don't browse untrusted web sites…
Original Advisory:
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt …"
