Firefox 3.0.7 Security Issue
Mozilla issued updates for Firefox. This update was issued because the developer found eight slit quite dangerous to the security of the firefox 3.0.6. Six of them signed in category "critical," a category "high" category and the rest go "low." The six critical flaws affected the browser's garbage collection - which monitors how Firefox modules use the computer's memory - as well as the browser's PNG libraries and in the layout and JavaScript engines.
Other patches plug holes that could be used by hackers to steal private information and spoof URLs to trick users into thinking they're at a legitimate site. Mozilla also addressed several non-security issues in Firefox 3.0.7, including unspecified stability problems, a bug that caused some browser cookies mysteriously vanish Mac-only flaw associated with the Flashblock add-on. Mozilla Messaging Inc.. 'S Thunderbird e-mail client, which uses the Firefox rendering engine for JavaScript and other functionality, was not patched today, although six of the eight vulnerabilities also affect it.
Until Thunderbird is updated with those fixes - mid-month is the latest estimate for hunderbird 2.0.0.21 - users can protect themselves by disabling JavaScript, Mozilla said. By default, the e-mail application has JavaScript switched off.
Update available for windows, linux and mac os can be downloaded from the official Mozilla site, or you can also wait for automatic update in 48 hours.
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