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Saturday, February 26, 2005

TOOLS: Firefox v1.0.1 

Firefox v1.0.1New version 1.0.1 of Firefox available! Install this one, it includes several security fixes.



Latest changes:
  • Improved stability

  • International Domain Names are now displayed as punycode

  • Several security fixes

    • Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) homograph spoofing

    • Unsafe /tmp/plugtmp directory exploitable to erase user's files

    • Plugins can be used to load privileged content

    • Cross-site scripting by dropping javascript: link on tab

    • Image drag and drop executable spoofing

    • HTTP auth prompt tab spoofing

    • Download dialog source spoofing

    • Download dialog spoofing using Content-Disposition header

    • Overwrite arbitrary files downloading .lnk twice

    • XSLT can include stylesheets from arbitrary hosts

    • Autocomplete data leak

    • Memory overwrite in string library

    • Install source spoofing with user:pass@host

    • Spoofing download and security dialogs with overlapping windows

    • Heap overflow possible in UTF8 to Unicode conversion

    • SSL "secure site" indicator spoofing

    • Window Injection Spoofing