Firefox 3.0.5 Security Update

Mozilla Firefox has been updated to version 3.0.5. To get the update before prompted, click Help > Check for Updates. In addition, version 2.0.0.19 has been released for Firefox 2.

Security Updates in Firefox 3.0.5

MFSA 2008-69 XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore
MFSA 2008-68 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation
MFSA 2008-67 Escaped null characters ignored by CSS parser
MFSA 2008-66 Errors parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters
MFSA 2008-65 Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error message
MFSA 2008-64 XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosure
MFSA 2008-63 User tracking via XUL persist attribute
MFSA 2008-60 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.5/1.8.1.19)

In addition to the above securityissues, Firefox 3.0.5 fixes several additional issues found in Firefox 3.0.4:

• Fixed several stability issues.
• Official releases for the Bengali, Esperanto, Galician, Hindi, and Latvian languages are now available.
• Replaced the End-User License Agreement with a new "Know Your Rights" info bar on initial install.
• When installing multiple signed XPIs simultaneously, previous versions of Firefox would fail.
• Fixed several issues found in the accessibility implementation.
• Added the ability to send OS-specific system notes in the crash reporter.
• See the Firefox 3.0.4 release notes for changes in previous releases.

Download: http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/



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