Firefox 1.0.7 and Mozilla 1.7.12 Release Candidates available

SillyDog701 member Juha-Matti Laurio informed us that Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 RC and Mozilla Suite 1.7.12 RC are available with several security fixes, including a solution for the IDN link buffer overflow vulnerability. MozillaZine also reports stability improvements.

International domain names (IDN) buffer overflow security issue was discovered by Tom Ferris and disclosed to public on 9th September after a disagreement with Mozilla Foundations. This IDN buffer overflow was originally labelled as "Host:" Parameter Remote Buffer Overflow by French Security Incident Response Team (FSIRT).

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