{"id":1703,"date":"2016-12-01T08:06:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2020-12-13T07:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T06:05:40","slug":"new-firefox-version-50-0-2-and-tor-update-to-6-0-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/12\/01\/new-firefox-version-50-0-2-and-tor-update-to-6-0-7\/","title":{"rendered":"New Firefox version 50.0.2 and Tor update to 6.0.7"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mozilla\"Mozilla has issued a security update for Firefox browser \u2013 and also the Tor anonymity project has issued a security update for it's Firefox browser. This update closes a zero-day-vulnerability under Windows.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Yesterday I reported a zero-day-vulnerability in Tor and Firefox browser \u2013 see Firefox Zero-day exploit puts Tor users at risk<\/a>. This night Mozilla's developer has released a security update for Firefox and Thunderbird. The announcement has been made at this Mozilla page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2016-92<\/h3>\n

Firefox SVG Animation Remote Code Execution<\/h4>\n
\n
ANNOUNCED <\/p>\n
November 30, 2016 <\/p>\n
PRODUCTS <\/p>\n
Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird <\/p>\n
FIXED IN <\/p>\n
\n
  • Firefox 50.0.2\n
  • Firefox ESR 45.5.1\n
  • Thunderbird 45.5.1<\/li>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

    #CVE-2016-9079: Use-after-free in SVG Animation<\/a><\/p>\n

    Description<\/p>\n

    A use-after-free vulnerability in SVG Animation has been discovered. An exploit built on this vulnerability has been discovered in the wild targeting Firefox and Tor Browser users on Windows.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    So we have updates for Firefox to 50.0.2 and the ESR version to 45.5.1. Also Thunderbird has been updated to 45,5.1. <\/p>\n

    A Tor update is available<\/h3>\n

    I just checked the Tor browser under Windows. Selecting the Tor icon in symbol bar and click the \"Search for update\" command reports a pending update. After installing and restarting Tor, the following version information should be shown. Tor Browser 6.0.7, Firefox 45.5.1esr, NoScript 2.9.5.2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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