Firefox 3.0.9 Targets 12 Security Vulnerabilities


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April 22, 2009 12:05 AM PDT

Firefox 3.0.9 targets 12 security vulnerabilities

by Steven Musil

Mozilla released an update to Firefox 3 on Tuesday that patches 12 security vulnerabilities, four of which it rated as critical.

Firefox 3.0.9, the Web browser's third update this year, fixes two critical vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser engine and two in its JavaScript engine, according to a security advisory posted Tuesday:

Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

Updates for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are available at the Mozilla site (downloads in all languages are available here). Firefox 3 users will receive an update notification within 48 hours, or they can download the update manually by selecting "Check for Updates" from the Help menu.

CNET for full article: http://news.cnet.com/security/

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