UPDATE: These vulerabilities have been fixed with version 1.0.4.
Now that Firefox is gaining in popularity, it is becoming the target of hackers interested in finding and exploiting flaws in its security.
The Mozilla foundation, developers of web browser Firefox and e-mail client Thunderbird, has recently announced some newly discovered vulnerabilities in Firefox that could affect the safety of personal data:
The exploitation of two separate flaws in Firefox means that outside hackers can return to surfers’ previously visited pages. These could contain credit card details or other personal information.
The rush to patch the problems, which also affect Mozilla Suite, the all-in-one internet application, marked the fourth major security scare at Mozilla in three months.
Firefox users have been urged to disable the browser’s javascript option to provide a temporary fix to the problem.
A full writeup from the Mozilla foundation on the bug can be found here.