Netscape Patch Fixes Two Critical Flaws
Libe Goad writes in eWeek:
Netscape released a patch Monday designed to fix two "critical" security flaws in its browser, and another patch will soon follow to fix "a handful" of less critical problems in the near future.
The Netscape 8.0.3.1 update repairs two security flaws in Firefox, the open-source browser on which Netscape is based. The first fixes a hole found in several media players, such as Flash and Quicktime, and how they open Javascript URLs within the browser.
Before the patch, these could be exploited to run malicious code that collects personal information such as login cookies or passwords. The other fix focuses on shared function objects, which could allow Web content scripts to locate a privileged object and then execute malicious code.
posted by Fergie @ 7/26/2005 07:21:00 PM
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