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internetnews.com: Mozilla Fixes Firefox Flaws, Misses One

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Sean Michael Kerner
Dec 20, 2006

“Mozilla today updated Firefox 2.0 for the first time, but the
upgrade lacks at least one fix for a well known and already
disclosed flaw in the open source browsers.

“In late November, a Password Manager flaw was reported in
Firefox, leaving users at risk for having their log-in information
misappropriated by malicious sites.

“The flaw allows a maliciously crafted page to auto-fill a form
with credentials intended for another site…”

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