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A New Version of Firefox Available for Free Download

Several fixes waiting for you

By Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor

18th of July 2007, 13:03 GMT

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The famous web-browser Firefox received a new important update, the 2.0.0.5 release being available for download for any user. The latest version of the application comes with a lot of fixes that are meant to improve the security of the users browsing the Internet with Firefox. Secunia rated all the flaws as highly critical saying the only solution to avoid successful exploitation is to install the latest version of the program. Mozilla's browser is currently involved into an important

battle with the rival built by Microsoft, Internet Explorer that tries to steal the same category of users.

The security updates are many, starting with simple errors and ending with highly critical vulnerabilities that might allow an attacker control an affected system. For example, some problems with the Javascript engine can execute dangerous codes able to enhance attackers' attempts to infiltrate into a system.

"Various errors in the browser engine can be exploited to cause memory corruption and potentially to execute arbitrary code," security company Secunia wrote about one of the flaws. "An error in the "addEventListener" and "setTimeout" methods can be exploited to inject script into another site's context, circumventing the browser's same-origin policy."

A few weeks ago, the Mozilla officials announced that Firefox 2.0.0.5 will include some new fixes for a vulnerability that caused an interesting dispute between them and the folks from Microsoft. As you might have heard, the hackers discovered a security hole that can be exploited through Internet Explorer and launched using Firefox. The two companies accused each other, saying their products are not vulnerable and are not requiring an update. However, the Mozilla representatives decided to implement a patch into this latest release to address the security hole.

If you want to download the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, you can take is straight from Softpedia using this link.