'Highly Critical' Flaw in Firefox 2.0

Iria · Jul 10, 2007, 05:27 PM

Source: BetaNews
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Security firm Secunia has issued an advisory regarding a newly discovered "highly critical" security flaw in Firefox 2.0 and later, which involves a special URI handler. Although the problem was initially attributed to Internet Explorer by researcher Thor Larholm, Firefox is the culprit.

Matth · Jul 11, 2007, 02:52 PM

This could point to a far more general problem with "application protocol" handling, and a need for it to be locked down to local zone only, since the legitimate uses of it tend to be local or fiile based.

Brutality · Jul 11, 2007, 04:53 PM

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Jul 10, 2007, 05:27 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	'Highly Critical' Flaw in Firefox 2.0 Source: BetaNews _______ Security firm Secunia has issued an advisory regarding a newly discovered "highly critical" security flaw in Firefox 2.0 and later, which involves a special URI handler. Although the problem was initially attributed to Internet Explorer by researcher Thor Larholm, Firefox is the culprit.

Jul 11, 2007, 02:52 PM	#2
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