Firefox 3.5.2 Now Available For Downloads, Fixes Critical Security Issues
Posted By Keith Dsouza On August 4, 2009 @ 12:25 pm In Internet Browsers | No Comments
Mozilla has released another update to Firefox [1] 3.5 in the form of Firefox 3.5.2, this version fixes 4 major security vulnerabilities, which are marked as critical and include;
- MFSA 2009-46 [2] Chrome privilege escalation due to incorrectly cached wrapper
- MFSA 2009-45 [3] Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.1.2/1.9.0.13)
- MFSA 2009-43 [4] Heap overflow in certificate regexp parsing
- MFSA 2009-42 [5] Compromise of SSL-protected communication
It is highly recommend you download the latest update or upgrade Firefox manually [6].
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[1] Firefox: http://techie-buzz.com/tag/firefox
[2] MFSA 2009-46: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-46.html
[3] MFSA 2009-45: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-45.html
[4] MFSA 2009-43: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html
[5] MFSA 2009-42: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-42.html
[6] upgrade Firefox manually: http://techie-buzz.com/firefox-news/how-do-i-update-my-firefox.html
[7] Download Firefox 3.5.2: http://www.getfirefox.com
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