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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 DoS Exploit

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Just an alert to Firefox users to keep your eyes peeled for a soon to be released patch that will fix a Denial of Service attack code that has been proven to affect Firefox browsers.

Link: Whitedust Security Portal - Update: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 DoS Exploit.

milw0rm.com have released proof of concept code for a denial of service exploit which apparently affects all versions of the Mozilla Foundations popular Firefox browser from version 1.0.7 downward (For the dim this INCLUDES Firefox 1.0.7). If this exploit has made it out into, or indeed been retrieved from the wild is unknown at this time. However it is clear that this exploit will indeed need patching as soon as possible - it does cause a nasty software loop/crash.

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