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Firefox users urged to update


firefox Firefox users will be receiving automatic updates to their Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 browsers after the Mozilla Foundation released updated versions of the code.

A variety of features have been fixed mostly concerned with usability. Only one part of the update is security related, pertaining to the FTP protocol found in both versions of the browser.

"The specification of the FTP protocol allows the server response to include an alternative server address, although this is rarely used in practice," said Mozilla.
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"A user reported that a malicious web page hosted on a specially-coded FTP server could use this feature to perform a rudimentary port scan of machines inside the firewall of the victim. Firefox users urged to update - Security - www.itnews.com.au





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