Firefox DoS

[Fed]

An exploit for the new Firefox 1.5 browser was released today that causes a denial of service condition using a simple web page as a trigger.

The heart of the problem lies with the history.dat file that Firefox creates, according to a posting on Packet Storm. The exploit creates a very large entry which Firefox then saves into the history.dat file. This causes the browser to crash the next time it is opened, and each time after that until the history.dat file is deleted from the system.

[Raptor]

The famous firefox browser.......has flaws.......so does the people using it.

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Firefox flaws are adressed constantly. You hear about them because Mozilla wants you to know they're working on a good browser.

Internet Explorer is paid for and has delivered spyware to your PC for over 5 years. Firefox comes on and everyone with brains has stopped using IE. Anyone who complains should be shot and anally abused by Merlin.