Firefox IT warning.

I am signed up to the Govt. IT warning system for possible problems or new viruses which may affect your computer.


I have received a warning which may affect some versions of Firefox, which I don't have but thought I would post the information here in case it affects anyone here.

As follows:

Title
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ITsafe Warning 11-007

What is it?
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Problems affecting Mozilla products.

What does it affect?
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The Mozilla Firefox Browser and the Mozilla Thunderbird email client,
which are available for a number of different operating systems including
Microsoft Windows and Apple MaxOS X.

What does it do?
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The more serious of these problems could enable an attacker to gain
control of your computer.

How do I fix it?
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Update the software with the downloads now available from Mozilla (Firefox
version 2.0.0.5 and Thunderbird version 2.0.0.5).

Details of Specific Problem
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The technical issues are described by the supplier and at the CVE website,
and can be found from:

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http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.5
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http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#thunderbird2.0.0.5

Notes
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ITsafe Warnings are issued by e-mail when significant risks have been
identified that are likely to affect many ITsafe users.


ITsafe Team
Making IT safe for You
http://www.itsafe.gov.uk

The UK Government Alerting and Advisory Service for Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) Security