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[Firefox v7.0 released]

FYI...

Firefox v7.0 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
September 27, 2011
> Release notes
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/7.0/releasenotes/
Security Advisories - Fixed in Firefox 7
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox7
Bugs fixed
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/7.0/releasenotes/buglist.html

- https://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/09/27/mozilla-firefox-significantly-reduces-memory-use-to-make-web-browsing-faster/
September 27, 2011

- https://secunia.com/advisories/46171/
Release Date: 2011-09-28
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Upgrade to version 7.0.

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026121
CVE Reference: CVE-2011-2372, CVE-2011-2995, CVE-2011-2996, CVE-2011-2997, CVE-2011-2998, CVE-2011-2999, CVE-2011-3000, CVE-2011-3001, CVE-2011-3002, CVE-2011-3003, CVE-2011-3004, CVE-2011-3005, CVE-2011-3232
... prior to 3.6.23; 6.x
Updated: Sep 29 2011

- http://h-online.com/-1350870
28 September 2011
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Firefox v3.6.23 released
September 27, 2011
From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
Security Advisories- Fixed in Firefox 3.6.23
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.23
Bugs fixed
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3A.23-fixed

- https://secunia.com/advisories/46203/
Release Date: 2011-09-28
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Update to version 3.6.23.

 

[Firefox v7.0.1 released]

FYI...

Firefox v7.0.1 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
September 29, 2011
Issue discovered with Firefox add-on upgrades
- https://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/09/28/issue-discovered-with-firefox-add-on-upgrades/
"... some users may have one or more of their add-ons hidden after upgrading to the latest Firefox version, affecting both desktop and mobile. These add-ons and their data are still intact and haven’t actually been removed... update to Firefox will fix this and restore any hidden add-ons..."
> https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/add-ons-hidden-after-updating-firefox-7
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fx7-recovery/

Release notes
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/7.0.1/releasenotes/

 

[Firefox v8.0 released]

FYI...

Firefox v8.0 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
November 8, 2011

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/8.0/releasenotes/
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox8
Fixed in Firefox 8:
MFSA 2011-52 Code execution via NoWaiverWrapper
MFSA 2011-51 Cross-origin image theft on Mac with integrated Intel GPU
MFSA 2011-50 Cross-origin data theft using canvas and Windows D2D
MFSA 2011-49 Memory corruption while profiling using Firebug
MFSA 2011-48 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:8.0)
MFSA 2011-47 Potential XSS against sites using Shift-JIS
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3649 -  2.6
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3653 -  5.0
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3650 -  9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3655 -  9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3651 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3652 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3654 - 10.0 (HIGH)
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (HIGH)
"... Firefox before 8.0..."

Bugs fixed
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/8.0/releasenotes/buglist.html
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Firefox v3.6.24 released
November 8, 2011
From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.24
Fixed in Firefox 3.6.24:
MFSA 2011-49 Memory corruption while profiling using Firebug
MFSA 2011-47 Potential XSS against sites using Shift-JIS
MFSA 2011-46 loadSubScript unwraps XPCNativeWrapper scope parameter (1.9.2 branch)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3648 -  4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3647 -  9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3650 -  9.3 (HIGH)
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (HIGH)
"... Firefox before 3.6.24..."

Bugs fixed
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3A.24-fixed
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- https://secunia.com/advisories/46773/
Release Date: 2011-11-09
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote ...
Solution: Upgrade to version 8.0...

- https://secunia.com/advisories/46757/
Release Date: 2011-11-09
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote ...
Solution: Update to Firefox version 3.6.24 ...

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026298
Date: Nov 9 2011
CVE Reference: CVE-2011-3647, CVE-2011-3648, CVE-2011-3649, CVE-2011-3650, CVE-2011-3651, CVE-2011-3652, CVE-2011-3653, CVE-2011-3654, CVE-2011-3655
Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information, User access via network...
Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (3.6.24, 8.0)...

 

[Firefox v9.0 released]

FYI...

Firefox v9.0 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
December 20, 2011

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9.0/releasenotes/
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox9
Fixed in Firefox 9:
MFSA 2011-58 Crash scaling <video> to extreme sizes
MFSA 2011-57 Crash when plugin removes itself on Mac OS X
MFSA 2011-56 Key detection without JavaScript via SVG animation
MFSA 2011-55 nsSVGValue out-of-bounds access
MFSA 2011-54 Potentially exploitable crash in the YARR regular expression library
MFSA 2011-53 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:9.0)

Bugs fixed
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9.0/releasenotes/buglist.html

- https://secunia.com/advisories/47302/
Release Date: 2011-12-21
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Unknown, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote
CVE Reference(s):
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3658 - 7.5 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3660 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3661 - 7.5 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3663 - 4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3664 - 7.5 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3665 - 7.5 (HIGH)
Last revised: 12/21/2011
... exploitation of vulnerabilities... may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Solution: Upgrade to version 9.0.

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026445
Dec 21 2011
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Firefox v3.6.25 released
December 20, 2011
From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.25
Fixed in Firefox 3.6.25:
MFSA 2011-59 .jar not treated as executable in Firefox 3.6 on Mac

- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3666
Last revised: 12/21/2011
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (MEDIUM)
"... Firefox before 3.6.25..."

Bugs fixed
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3A.25-fixed

 

[Firefox v9.0.1]

FYI...

- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases#Firefox_10
"... Firefox 10... January 31, 2012..."
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Firefox v9.0.1 ?
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9.0.1/releasenotes/buglist.html
December 21st, 2011

- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2391989
Dec. 21 4:51 pm - "... 9.0.1 the next day?... Apparently Mac users were experiencing crashes on startup..."

- https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/9.0.1-candidates/build1/
Index of /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/9.0.1-candidates/build1

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711794#c96
2011-12-21 19:17:51 PST
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Mozilla and Google Sign New Agreement for Default Search in Firefox
- https://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/12/20/mozilla-and-google-sign-new-agreement-for-default-search-in-firefox/
December 20, 2011 - "... we have negotiated a significant and mutually beneficial revenue agreement with Google. This new agreement extends our long term search relationship with Google for at least three additional years..."

- http://h-online.com/-1400943
23 December 2011

 

[Firefox v10.0 released]

FYI...

Firefox v10.0 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
Jan 31, 2012

What's new...
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/
Release Notes/Bug fixes ... complete list of changes in this release.
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/buglist.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox10
Fixed in Firefox 10
MFSA 2012-08 Crash with malformed embedded XSLT stylesheets
MFSA 2012-07 Potential Memory Corruption When Decoding Ogg Vorbis files
MFSA 2012-06 Uninitialized memory appended when encoding icon images may cause information disclosure
MFSA 2012-05 Frame scripts calling into untrusted objects bypass security checks
MFSA 2012-04 Child nodes from nsDOMAttribute still accessible after removal of nodes
MFSA 2012-03 <iframe> element exposed across domains via name attribute
MFSA 2012-01 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:10.0/ rv:1.9.2.26)

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026605
Updated: Feb 1 2012
CVE Reference:
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3659 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0442 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0443 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0444 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0445 - 5.0
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0446 - 4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0447 - 5.0
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0449 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0450 - 2.1
Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information, User access via network
Version(s): prior to 3.2.26; prior to 10.0

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026608
Date: Feb 1 2012
CVE Reference: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3670 - 5.0
Impact: Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
Version(s): prior to 3.6.26, prior to 7.0

- https://secunia.com/advisories/47816/
Release Date: 2012-02-01
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Upgrade to Firefox version 10.0...

- https://secunia.com/advisories/47839/
Release Date: 2012-02-01
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Update to Firefox version 3.6.26...

- http://h-online.com/-1425611
31 January 2012
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Firefox v3.6.26 released
Jan 31, 2012

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.26
Fixed in Firefox 3.6.26:
MFSA 2012-08 Crash with malformed embedded XSLT stylesheets
MFSA 2012-07 Potential Memory Corruption When Decoding Ogg Vorbis files
MFSA 2012-04 Child nodes from nsDOMAttribute still accessible after removal of nodes
MFSA 2012-02 Overly permissive IPv6 literal syntax
MFSA 2012-01 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:10.0/ rv:1.9.2.26)

Bugs fixed
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3A.26-fixed

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[Firefox v10.0.1 released]

FYI...

Firefox v10.0.1 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox10.0.1
Impact: Critical
Feb 10, 2012
Fixed in Firefox 10.0.1:
MFSA 2012-10 use after free in nsXBLDocumentInfo::ReadPrototypeBindings

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-10.html
References:
. use after free in nsXBLDocumentInfo::ReadPrototypeBindings
. http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0452 - 7.5 (HIGH)
Last revised: 02/13/2012 - "... allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code..."
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- https://secunia.com/advisories/48008/
Release Date: 2012-02-13
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
CVE Reference: CVE-2012-0452
Solution:
Update Firefox and Thunderbird to version 10.0.1 and SeaMonkey to version 2.7.1

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026663
Date: Feb 13 2012
CVE Reference: CVE-2012-0452
Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (10.0.1).

 

[Firefox v10.0.2 released]

FYI...

Firefox v10.0.2 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download:
- https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-11.html
Impact: Critical
Fixed in: Firefox 10.0.2 or 3.6.27**, Thunderbird 10.0.2 or 3.1.19, or SeaMonkey 2.7.2.
** https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Mozilla release to address CVE-2011-3026
- https://blog.mozilla.com/security/2012/02/17/mozilla-releases-to-address-cve-2011-3026/
2.17.12 - Issue: The libpng graphics library, used by Firefox and Thunderbird as well as many other software packages, contains an exploitable integer overflow bug. An attacker could craft malicious images which exploit this bug, and deliver them to users through websites or email messages.
Impact to users: This bug is remotely exploitable and can lead to arbitrary code execution. Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey users could be attacked simply by displaying a maliciously crafted image.
Status: Mozilla is aware of this bug and has issued a fix that will be released today for Firefox and Thunderbird*.
Credit: The bug was reported by RedHat representatives..."

> http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3026 - 7.5 (HIGH)
Last revised: 02/17/2012 - "Integer overflow in libpng, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that trigger an integer truncation..."

* https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/10.0.2/releasenotes/
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Firefox...
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026707
Date: Feb 18 2012
CVE Reference: CVE-2011-3026
Version(s): ... prior to 3.6.27; prior to 10.0.2...
Impact: A remote user can create a PNG image that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system...

Thunderbird...
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026706
Date: Feb 18 2012
CVE Reference: CVE-2011-3026
Version(s): ... prior to 3.1.19; prior to 10.0.2
Impact: A remote user can create a PNG image that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system...

- https://secunia.com/advisories/48089/
Release Date: 2012-02-17
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Update to Firefox 10.0.2 or 3.6.27, Thunderbird 10.0.2 or 3.1.19, or SeaMonkey 2.7.2.
Original Advisory: Mozilla:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-11.html
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2012/02/17/mozilla-releases-to-address-cve-2011-3026/

Vuln in libpng ...
- http://h-online.com/-1436810
17 Feb 2012

>> https://secunia.com/advisories/48026/

 

[Firefox v11.0 released]

FYI...

Firefox v11.0 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download: https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
March 13, 2012

What's new...
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/11.0/releasenotes/
Release Notes/Bug fixes ... See: Known Issues...
Complete list of changes in this release:
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/11.0/releasenotes/buglist.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox11
Fixed in Firefox 11
MFSA 2012-19 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:11.0/ rv:10.0.3 / rv:1.9.2.28)
MFSA 2012-18 window.fullScreen writeable by untrusted content
MFSA 2012-17 Crash when accessing keyframe cssText after dynamic modification
MFSA 2012-16 Escalation of privilege with Javascript: URL as home page
MFSA 2012-15 XSS with multiple Content Security Policy headers
MFSA 2012-14 SVG issues found with Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-13 XSS with Drag and Drop and Javascript: URL
MFSA 2012-12 Use-after-free in shlwapi.dll

- https://secunia.com/advisories/48402/
Release Date: 2012-03-14
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote
CVE Reference(s): CVE-2012-0451, CVE-2012-0454, CVE-2012-0455, CVE-2012-0456 CVSS, CVE-2012-0457, CVE-2012-0458, CVE-2012-0459, CVE-2012-0460, CVE-2012-0461, CVE-2012-0462, CVE-2012-0463, CVE-2012-0464
Solution: Update or upgrade to Firefox versions 11.0 or 10.0.3, Thunderbird versions 11.0 or 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey version 2.8.

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026801
Date: Mar 14 2012
CVE Reference: CVE-2012-0451, CVE-2012-0454, CVE-2012-0455, CVE-2012-0456, CVE-2012-0457, CVE-2012-0458, CVE-2012-0459, CVE-2012-0460, CVE-2012-0461, CVE-2012-0462, CVE-2012-0463, CVE-2012-0464
Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information, User access via network
Version(s): prior to 11
Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (3.6.28, ESR 10.0.3, 11.0)...
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Firefox v3.6.28 released
March 13, 2012

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >Check for Updates
-or-
Download: https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older.html

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.28
Fixed in Firefox 3.6.28

- https://secunia.com/advisories/48414/
Release Date: 2012-03-14
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting, System access
Where: From remote
CVE Reference(s): CVE-2012-0455, CVE-2012-0456, CVE-2012-0457, CVE-2012-0458, CVE-2012-0461, CVE-2012-0464
Original Advisory:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-13.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-14.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-16.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-19.html
Solution: Update to Firefox version 3.6.28 and Thunderbird version 3.1.20.

 

[Firefox 3.6.x EOL]

FYI...

Firefox 3.6.x EOL
- http://h-online.com/-1479643
26 March 2012 - "The Mozilla Project has announced* that... the 3.6.x branch of its open source Firefox web browser will reach its end of life on Tuesday 24 April... from that date onwards, no new updates, including security updates and critical fixes, will be released for Firefox 3.6.x... version 3.6.28 from earlier this month will be the final 3.6.x release of Firefox... All Firefox 3.6.x users are strongly advised to upgrade..."
* http://blog.mozilla.com/futurereleases/2012/03/23/upcoming-firefox-support-changes/

- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases#Upcoming_Releases
"Firefox 12... Moves to RELEASED on April 24, 2012..."

 

[Firefox blocklist now includes vulnerable Java versions]

FYI...

Firefox blocklist now includes vulnerable Java versions...
- https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225800/Mozilla_adds_vulnerable_Java_plug_in_versions_to_Firefox_blocklist
April 3, 2012 - "Mozilla has blacklisted* unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions. Mozilla can add extensions or plug-ins to the Firefox add-on blocklist if they cause significant security or performance issues. Firefox installations automatically query the blocklist and notify users before disabling the targeted add-ons..."
* https://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2012/04/02/blocking-java/
"... vulnerability - present in the older versions of the JDK and JRE - is actively being exploited, and is a potential risk to users. To mitigate this risk, we have added affected versions of the Java plugin for Windows (Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below) to Firefox’s blocklist**. A blocklist entry for the Java plugin on OS X may be added at a future date. Mozilla strongly encourages anyone who requires the JDK and JRE to update to the current version as soon as possible on all platforms..."
** https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p80

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739955

 

[Firefox v12.0 released]

FYI...

Firefox v12.0 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download: https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
April 24, 2012

What's new...
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/12.0/releasenotes/
Release Notes/Bug fixes ... See: Known Issues...
Complete list of changes in this release:
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/12.0/releasenotes/buglist.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox12
Fixed in Firefox 12
MFSA 2012-33 Potential site identity spoofing when loading RSS and Atom feeds
MFSA 2012-32 HTTP Redirections and remote content can be read by javascript errors
MFSA 2012-31 Off-by-one error in OpenType Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-30 Crash with WebGL content using textImage2D
MFSA 2012-29 Potential XSS through ISO-2022-KR/ISO-2022-CN decoding issues
MFSA 2012-28 Ambiguous IPv6 in Origin headers may bypass webserver access restrictions
MFSA 2012-27 Page load short-circuit can lead to XSS
MFSA 2012-26 WebGL.drawElements may read illegal video memory due to FindMaxUshortElement error
MFSA 2012-25 Potential memory corruption during font rendering using cairo-dwrite
MFSA 2012-24 Potential XSS via multibyte content processing errors
MFSA 2012-23 Invalid frees causes heap corruption in gfxImageSurface
MFSA 2012-22 use-after-free in IDBKeyRange
MFSA 2012-21 Multiple security flaws fixed in FreeType v2.4.9
MFSA 2012-20 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:12.0/ rv:10.0.4)
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- http://h-online.com/-1546370
24 April 2012
> http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Firefox-12-released-can-now-update-itself-1546370.html?view=zoom;zoom=3
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- https://secunia.com/advisories/48932/
Release Date: 2012-04-25
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Spoofing, Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Upgrade to Firefox version 12.0 and Thunderbird version 12.0...

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1026971
Date: Apr 24 2012
CVE Reference: :
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-1187 - 5.0
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0467 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0468 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0469 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0470 - 10.0 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0471 - 4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0472 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0473 - 5.0
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0474 - 4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0475 - 2.6
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0477 - 4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0478 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0479 - 4.3
Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of system information, Modification of user information, User access via network
Version(s): prior to 12.0...
Impact: A remote user can create content that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with a target site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
A remote user can spoof certain web sites.
A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information...

 

[Firefox add-on ShowIP - privacy concerns]

FYI...

Firefox add-on ShowIP - privacy concerns
- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/05/01/privacy-concern-showip-firefox-add-on/
May 1, 2012 - "A popular Firefox add-on appears to have started leaking private information about every website that users visit to a third-party server, including sensitive data which could identify individuals or reduce their security... What the add-on's description doesn't say is that since version 1.3 (released on April 19th 2012) it has also sent - unencrypted - the full URL of sites visited using HTTPS, and sites viewed in Private Browsing mode, to a site called ip2info .org. The user never realises that the data has been shared with a third-party, unless they use special tools to monitor what data is being sent from their computer... The full URL of -every- webpage visited is sent to the Germany-based ip2info .org website, using unencrypted connections. In addition, the add-on has no warning that sites you visit might be disclosed, no privacy policy small print explaining its behaviour, and no apparent way to opt-out of the data-sharing... And who appears to have registered the domain? A Berlin-based link marketing firm. Hmm...
Update: Mozilla has rolled the version of ShowIP they make available on their add-on site back to 1.0. They say they are working with the developer on correcting the issue. Hopefully in future their review process will flag privacy issues like this one to prevent users' data being potentially exposed."

  

[Firefox v13 released]

FYI...

Firefox v13 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download: https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
June 5, 2012

What's new...
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/13.0/releasenotes/
Release Notes/Bug fixes ... See: Known Issues...
Complete list of changes in this release:
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/13.0/releasenotes/buglist.html
Security Advisories:
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox13
Fixed in Firefox 13
MFSA 2012-40 Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-39 NSS parsing errors with zero length items
MFSA 2012-38 Use-after-free while replacing/inserting a node in a document
MFSA 2012-37 Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files
MFSA 2012-36 Content Security Policy inline-script bypass
MFSA 2012-35 Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service
MFSA 2012-34 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1027120
CVE Reference:
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-0441 - 5.0
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1937 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1938 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1939 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1940 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1941 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1942 - 7.2 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1943 - 6.9
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1944 - 4.3
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1945 - 2.9
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1946 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1947 - 9.3 (HIGH)
- http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-3105 - 9.3 (HIGH)
Jun 6 2012
Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information, User access via network
Version(s): prior to 13.0

- https://secunia.com/advisories/49368/
Release Date: 2012-06-06
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: Unknown, Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS, System access
Where: From remote...
Solution: Upgrade to Firefox version 13.0...

 

[Firefox v13.0.1 released]

FYI...

Firefox v13.0.1 released

From an admin. account, start Firefox, then >Help >About >Check for Updates
-or-
Download: https://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
June 15, 2012

What's new...
- https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/13.0.1/releasenotes/
Flash 11.3 sometimes caused a crash on quit (747683*, fixed in 13.0.1)...
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747683