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Firefox flaw made public

Publication:ZDNet UKDate:Sep 10 2005
Reporter:Joris Evers

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A new, unpatched flaw that affects all versions of Firefox could let attackers surreptitiously run malicious code on users' PCs, a security researcher has warned.

The problem lies in the way Firefox handles Web links that are overly long and contain dashes, security researcher Tom Ferris said in an IM interview late on Thursday.


 

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Well. . .NetRAVEN500010 Sep, 12:51
Gee...Poppe11 Sep, 12:38
hoax? fudcdrworm11 Sep, 15:52

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