Firefox 1.5.0.5 Released

27 Jul
2006

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Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of Mozilla’s ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience. It is recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. The 1.5.0.5 brings improvements to product stability, includes Frisian locale (fy-NL) and comes with several security fixes.

Security fixes
– chrome: scheme loading remote content
– Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.5)
– XSS with XPCNativeWrapper(window).Function(…)
– UniversalBrowserRead privilege escalation
– PAC privilege escalation using Function.prototype.call
– Privilege escalation using named-functions and redefined “new Object()”
– JavaScript engine vulnerabilities
– JavaScript new Function race condition
– Native DOM methods can be hijacked across domains
– Memory corruption with simultaneous events
– Javascript navigator Object Vulnerability
– Code execution through deleted frame reference

View Firefox 1.5.0.5 Release Notes…
Download Firefox 1.5.0.5 web browser here…



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