Mozilla Corporation updated its Firefox browser last night to patch a 12 vulnerabilities, 5 of them tagged “critical.”
Firefox 1.5.0.4 is the fourth security update to the 1.5 edition of the browser since it released last November. The number of holes plugged in 1.5.0.4, however, is only half that of April’s mega-patch, when 24 total, 11 of them “critical,” were fixed.
According to the Official Mozilla site:
Firefox 1.5.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
Visit the Official Firefox download page for more information.
- Firefox Security Fix | May 2, 2006
- Mozilla Fixes 24 Bugs In Firefox | April 14, 2006
- Mozilla To Release Firefox 2.0 Beta Tuesday | July 10, 2006
- Mozilla Patches Firefox Releases Version 2.0.0.5 | July 18, 2007
- Firefox 2.0 Final Coming Tuesday | October 23, 2006
I always wonder what in particular is being fixed when these patches download automatically. Is there a page that tells what is being fixed in each update?
To know what Firefox has patched or fixed, you can always check my site, hehe, or you can also check the official Firefox Security and Patches page:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
Hope that helps.