Guest Sores Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 National Cyber Alert System Cyber Security Alert SA06-038A Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Products Original release date: February 7, 2006 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Mozilla web browser * Mozilla mail client * Firefox web browser * Thunderbird mail client Overview By taking advantage of one or more vulnerabilities in Mozilla products, an attacker may be able to take control of your computer. Solution Upgrade to the latest version of Firefox Mozilla has released an updated version of Firefox to correct these problems. Description There are vulnerabilities in various features of the Mozilla web browser, Mozilla email client, Firefox web browser, and Thunderbird email client. Some of the vulnerabilities are connected to the way the application handles URLs or images. In one instance, an attacker could cause an application to crash or could take control of your computer by convincing you to view a malicious web site or email message. For more technical information, see US-CERT Technical Alert TA06-038A. References * Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-04 - <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa206-04.html > * US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-038A - <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-038A.html > * US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#592425 - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/592425 > * US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#759273 - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/759273 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualung Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I have 1.5.0.1. Is that the correct upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sores Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I have 1.5.0.1. Is that the correct upgrade? 1312092[/snapback] Not sure. I don't have it on my work PC. I know I just upgraded Firefox last week at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I have 1.5.0.1. Is that the correct upgrade? 1312092[/snapback] Not sure. I don't have it on my work PC. I know I just upgraded Firefox last week at home. 1312094[/snapback] 1.5.0.1 is the very latest version. You're cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 it's only giving me the option of 1.0.7 on the updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Any advanced Firefox user (or general IT stud) able to diagnose this? I had Firefox on my machine a few months ago. My "profiles" file got corrupt, and affected both my Thunderbird and Firefox. I had a "computer consultant" come out and he was able to reinstall Thunderbird and retreive my "lost" emails... but wasn't able to get Firefox to install (some sort of error message during installation). Downloaded the latest version and got the following error message: "Error occurred during installation - Firefox Browser: -231 IS_FILE" Any clue what's up? I haven't Googled the error message yet tonight, but the "computer consultant" did a few months back when he was here and found nothing. I -hate- IE, and would love to get Firefox back on my machine. Any thoughts/comments would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualung Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Darin I have never had the problems some have had with Mozilla Firefox. Don't know why, keep my fingers crossed. I don't use Thunderbird though I like Outlook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Any advanced Firefox user (or general IT stud) able to diagnose this? I had Firefox on my machine a few months ago. My "profiles" file got corrupt, and affected both my Thunderbird and Firefox. I had a "computer consultant" come out and he was able to reinstall Thunderbird and retreive my "lost" emails... but wasn't able to get Firefox to install (some sort of error message during installation). Downloaded the latest version and got the following error message: "Error occurred during installation - Firefox Browser: -231 IS_FILE" Any clue what's up? I haven't Googled the error message yet tonight, but the "computer consultant" did a few months back when he was here and found nothing. I -hate- IE, and would love to get Firefox back on my machine. Any thoughts/comments would be appreciated. 1312462[/snapback] The -213 is just the serial number of a particular error. Others are "-214 DOES_NOT_EXIST" and "-202 ACCESS_DENIED". All are error trap returns. IS_FILE is an indicator of whether the file is a regular file or not. It returns a true/false answer. It's likely the file you downloaded became corrupt, or there is corruption on your hard drive. Since you've had all these problems, your best bet may be to completely uninstall your old Firefox. Then start from scratch by downloading the latest version and installing that, along with Thunderbird. This could cause some problems getting all your email stuff back into Thunderbird, but there may be a utility to do this. If you're in a position to reformat your hard drive completely, that may be the best route to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 The -213 is just the serial number of a particular error. Others are "-214 DOES_NOT_EXIST" and "-202 ACCESS_DENIED". All are error trap returns. IS_FILE is an indicator of whether the file is a regular file or not. It returns a true/false answer. It's likely the file you downloaded became corrupt, or there is corruption on your hard drive. Since you've had all these problems, your best bet may be to completely uninstall your old Firefox. Then start from scratch by downloading the latest version and installing that, along with Thunderbird. This could cause some problems getting all your email stuff back into Thunderbird, but there may be a utility to do this. If you're in a position to reformat your hard drive completely, that may be the best route to go. 1312487[/snapback] That's the thing... according to my own research and the "consultant's" work, Firefox is 100% off my system. Perhaps I need to eliminate ALL things Mozilla, including Thunderbird, the profiles, etc. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 That's the thing... according to my own research and the "consultant's" work, Firefox is 100% off my system. Perhaps I need to eliminate ALL things Mozilla, including Thunderbird, the profiles, etc. ??? 1312665[/snapback] Could be. If it's been removed from the registry and the folder structure 100%, there's not a lot else to be done. I found this on the Internet, in connection with a different installation error: I have messed up my Firefox on many occassions and have found thatremoving my profile information for Firefox solves the issue best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Could be. If it's been removed from the registry and the folder structure 100%, there's not a lot else to be done. I found this on the Internet, in connection with a different installation error: 1312676[/snapback] Actually it's not a huge deal. I have Firefox at work and on my laptop. I should just use my laptop more at home. If I have some time perhaps I'll investigate further. Thanks Ursa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I upgraded mine last week at work and home. After hearing a lot of good things about it, mainly Ursa, I decided to look at Firefox again. I've installed the IE tab extension which works with a lot of my work's web apps. The one thing I do miss is not having the Bookmarks "collapse" so that it only shows my most used links. Is there an extension for this or a setting that I'm missing in Firefox? I've searched the extensions on Firefox's web site, but could not find anything like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I upgraded mine last week at work and home. After hearing a lot of good things about it, mainly Ursa, I decided to look at Firefox again. I've installed the IE tab extension which works with a lot of my work's web apps. The one thing I do miss is not having the Bookmarks "collapse" so that it only shows my most used links. Is there an extension for this or a setting that I'm missing in Firefox? I've searched the extensions on Firefox's web site, but could not find anything like this. 1312689[/snapback] Don't know of one that does that. Might want to try organizing your bookmarks into a smallish number of categories at the top end and putting the links into categories, sub-categories and sub-sub-categories. I have 14 top level folders, and each spawns off it's own set of folders containing the actual links. I've got 500+ links, all easily accessible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Don't know of one that does that. Might want to try organizing your bookmarks into a smallish number of categories at the top end and putting the links into categories, sub-categories and sub-sub-categories. I have 14 top level folders, and each spawns off it's own set of folders containing the actual links. I've got 500+ links, all easily accessible. 1312706[/snapback] That is my plan to organize my bookmarks in that fashion, but thought I would check in case there was an extension or setting that would mimic the IE 6 collapsing favorites. Thanks Ursa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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