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Browsers: Firefox Exploit Ventures Into The Wild |
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VinDSL writes "An exploit for the just-patched IDN bug in Mozilla's Firefox browser and namesake suite has been published on the Internet, a French security vendor said late Thursday. The hack creates a heap buffer overflow, and when it works, can give the user complete control of a vulnerable machine running Firefox, Mozilla, or even Netscape.
FrSIRT warned users of Firefox and Mozilla that the exploit code -- which FrSIRT published in its entirety, a not-uncommon practice for the firm -- should be considered a critical risk.
Tuesday, Mozilla patched the Firefox browser against the bug in its support of international domain names (IDN). Thursday, it followed up with a similar fix for the Mozilla suite in its Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X incarnations. Netscape, however, has not yet patched that browser.
Firefox 1.0.7 and Mozilla 1.7.12, which stymie the exploit, can be downloaded from the Mozilla site.
Source: informationweek.com/story/showArticle...
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