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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

   ESB-2005.0730 -- Firefox 1.0.7 release fixes multiple vulnerabilities
                             22 September 2005

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Firefox
Publisher:         UNIRAS
Operating System:  UNIX variants
                   Windows
Impact:            Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
                   Denial of Service
Access:            Remote/Unauthenticated

Original Bulletin: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.7.html

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Mozilla - Firefox 1.0.7 Released


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Mozilla have made Firefox 1.0.7 available for download.  The following is an 
extract from the Release Notes for this version:

" Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. We strongly recommend that
all users upgrade to this latest version.

This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a 
reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command 
vulnerability.

Specific changes in Firefox 1.0.7

 *  Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname 
    with all soft-hyphens 
 *  Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the 
    shell (Linux only) 
 *  Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that 
    uses an "eval" statement 
 *  Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors "


The full release notes, and links to downloads, can be found at the following URL:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.7.html

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