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New Firefox 5 which is a great browser, however disappointed with some features that are not working, and rate vulnerabilities are cautionary. Does anyone have update for Firefox 5? Please advise.
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Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, disclose certain sensitive information, and compromise a vulnerable system.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and compromise a user's system.
Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and compromise a user's system.
Well, this is for old FF versions, and it depends or XSS (blocked by noscript).
Whether you consider the 3.6.x branch old or not, it's still used by tons of GNU/Linux users so it's important to get this information out regardless. That said, I seem to have missed the relevant (and larger) advisory for the more recent branch (7.x), so here you go:
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially compromise a user's system.
BTW, at the time of this post the Bugzilla pages for the 3.6.x vulnerabilities above are still not public. Perhaps it would be a good idea to at least wait for those to open up before you make specific claims. Of course, if you presently have evidence which does illustrate that the vulnerabilities are indeed mitigated by NoScript, that may be an interesting read and I'd encourage you to post it. TIA.
Google rigs browser security test to make Firefox fail
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A testing lab has slammed a recent Google-sponsored test which found that Firefox was the least secure of the top three browsers and has warned it was likely rigged in an attempt to kill-off its rival.
Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, where one has an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information and compromise a user's system.
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