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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
Posted by salmonela 1524 Day ago, There are 17 comments, 11434 views
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
   * Other stability and security fixes

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Does anyone know if the vulnerabilities corrected in 1.0.7 are already integrated into 1.5b1?
RE : by Creemoreguy on 2005-09-21 22:18:31
They should be, if not, get them here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/messages/307259.html

Click on the link, d/l and install, then reboot Firefox.

Click on Help, About and you should see...No IDN at the end of the last line.

Re: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 by miluthui on 2005-09-21 21:11:52
There's still 1 thing they havent fixed yet. When viewing a webpage that has gif images or animated flash, Firefox still uses high cpu usage. Come on Firefox's crew, is that problem too hard for u to fix ? <__<
RE : by Creemoreguy on 2005-09-21 22:20:53
Not a big issue, if you have lots of memory, which you should have, running Windows!

Firefox uses far less memory than IE, any day!
It's way more secure, too.
RE : by 3M on 2005-09-21 22:54:20
Well... right now here on 9down.com are 2 flash banners and my CPU usage is under 2%...
Re: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 by Bombardier on 2005-09-21 21:26:56
Firefox rulzzz ^_^
Firefox is way more Secure than I E. by Creemoreguy on 2005-09-21 22:24:38
Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued on Monday which said serious vulnerabilities were being found in Mozilla's browsers faster than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The study was conducted over the first six months of 2005.

Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, hit back by claiming on Monday that when a vulnerability is found Mozilla's "ability to react, find a solution and put it into the user's hands is better than Microsoft."

He also argued that, according to security company Secunia's statistics, the Microsoft vulnerabilities were more critical, and had been so over a longer timescale. In the period 2003 to 2005 Secunia have issued 22 security advisories regarding Firefox 1.x, and rate it as "less critical". In the same period Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x had 85 Secunia advisories, and is rated as "highly critical".

Nitot likened the differences between Firefox and IE vulnerabilities as being like injuries: "Which would you prefer, to have a broken finger, or your head ripped off?"

News source: ZDNet UK [news.zdnet.co.uk]
Re: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 by 3M on 2005-09-21 22:57:15
Thank you Mr. Salmonela...
Re: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 by someone-else on 2005-09-21 22:59:53
is there a dutch version, or langues pack for 1.0.7
RE : by salmonela on 2005-09-22 00:01:20
Try later , here
Re: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 by KOLLEON on 2005-09-22 21:06:32
Forget firefox use OPERA 8.5. Its way better than firefox. Opera has all. Even opera now support bittrront tracker, img blocker, voice nevigation, IRC chat option and many more. So people why use IE or firefox. Just use opera it has alllllllllllllllll.  
RE : by Calcatian on 2005-09-22 21:48:59
Just read my comment under the last Opera "free" release news, & you will find out why Opera sux to Firefox any given day! U stupid duma55, don't u kno u foolish dimwit, that Opera can't even support all the c00l features of Gmail? Tell me u mangy spawn 0f a rab!d b!tch, can u format your comments with bold, italics etc, while posting using Opera right here in 9Down? If u say u can, then u r the worst lieing bast4rd I've ever come accross. Have my flame-torch up your a55!
RE : by 3M on 2005-09-23 00:52:14
BitTorrent Tracker is a transparent web system used by BitTorrent clients to download files... for an ordinary browser it's useless! (just so you know and don't die an id!ot!)

When you say "it has all" it's like saying "hey! you just want do watch a movie that's coded with divx? Install a ACE Mega Codec Pack!" ... and fu.ck your system...

I preffer to use Azureus for BitTorrent, don't have much use for IRC and preffer Firefox for web browsing...
Re: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 by Calcatian on 2005-09-22 21:41:50
Many thanx Mr. Salmonela! U R a c00l d00d. U kno I like u... ;-D
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