Security Fix for Firefox
April 28th, 2006 by e-tech
Despite being rated “non-critical” by security firm Secunia,The Mozilla Corporation will still go ahead and release minor update to Firefox, numbered 1.5.0.3, in order to address a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the most recent version of it’s browser.
The DoS problem affects the latest Firefox 1.5.0.2 build, which was released earlier this month to correct a slew of security-related flaws.
Exploit code for the vulnerability has been released, prompting Firefox developers to quickly patch the browser — even though the risk of attack is minimal. The decision will, however, slightly push back the next Firefox update.