Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird "defaultValue" Check Bypass
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50964
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-10-12
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions or potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information see vulnerability #4 in:
SA50932
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 10.0.9.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 10.0.9.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-89.html
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