Firefox and Thunderbird v1.5.0.8 Released

[poppy4]

Firefox and Thunderbird v1.5.0.8 Released

- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1834
Last Updated: 2006-11-08 04:58:08 UTC
"The Mozilla Foundation released version 1.5.0.8 of both their popular Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email clients today. These versions address some security issues* covered in MFSA2006-65, MFSA2006-66 and MFSA2006-67. If you have not already upgraded to the new Firefox 2.0 web browser, you should be sure to update to Firefox 1.5.0.8. You can download the new versions off their web site at:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.8.html -and-

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ ..."

* http://www.mozilla.org/projects/secu...firefox1.5.0.8

> http://secunia.com/advisories/22722/

Note: 'Check for updates' feature under 'Help' works for updating to: 1.5.0.8

[HAN]

Thanks poppy4!

I thought it might be worthwhile to point out the obvious... Firefox 2.0 is where Firefox is headed. Although a couple of security related issues were addressed in 1.5.0.8, the key reason for this build was to incorporate a new updater module into Firefox. The new updater will allow the 1.5 series Firefox to upgrade to Firefox 2.0. Prior to 1.5.0.8, the only way to obtain Firefox 2.0 was to download it yourself and manually install...