Author Topic: FireFox 1.5 Security Flaw?  (Read 961 times)

dynaweb

  • <b>Canine Deamon</b>
  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 483
  • Karma: +10/-0
  • Generic personal text here ...
    • MSN Messenger - danno_d_manno@yahoo.com
    • View Profile
    • DynaWeb Designs
    • Email
FireFox 1.5 Security Flaw?
« on: December 12, 2005, 11:27:53 AM »
I heard a rumor today that firefox 1.5 for WinXP has a security issue with the history.dat file.  Anyone have any further info on this?
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -- Linux learns.

zelo

  • Super Moderator
  • Global Moderator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 264
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • ICQ Messenger - 233717
    • MSN Messenger - webmaster@zelo.com
    • Yahoo Instant Messenger - zelo@yahoo.com
    • View Profile
    • http://www.zelo.com
    • Email
FireFox 1.5 Security Flaw?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2005, 01:43:52 PM »
From what I understand it is a buffer overflow problem with Firefox. I would not consider it a security flaw but rather a major inconvenience.

hehZIPLOCK says CLICK ME

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
0 Replies
135 Views
Last post September 02, 2005, 04:27:31 AM
by Linux News
0 Replies
126 Views
Last post September 22, 2005, 05:33:39 AM
by Linux News
1 Replies
938 Views
Last post December 06, 2005, 08:30:09 AM
by dynaweb
0 Replies
1095 Views
Last post January 07, 2007, 03:56:20 AM
by dynaweb
1 Replies
1911 Views
Last post September 04, 2007, 09:40:22 AM
by ctwjr