Using Firefox and-or Thunderbird? Update it - security vulnerability found and fixed

[Brian P]

If you are using Firefox, a security vulnerability was identified yesterday, and the fix just came out an hour or so ago.

Press the menu button (3 horizontal bars) in top right, press "?" at the bottom of the menu that pops up, press "About Firefox". This will tell you what version you have and will automatically download the latest version - currently 50.0.2 - which fixes the vulnerability. Let it finish downloading, then exit and restart.

If you are using Thunderbird, either select "Help" from the top menu or press the menu button at top right and then select "Help", then press "About Thunderbird", that will tell you what version you have and download the latest version with the vulnerability fixed, then exit and restart.

The vulnerability is present in all platforms, not just Windows.

 

[Riceburner]

Thanks for the heads up. Funny thing is my FF updated this afternoon to 50.0.1. lol

 

[TwistedKestrel]

CVE-2016-9079 is a Javascript vulnerability that is apparently actively being exploited to de-anonymize people using Tor services... though it could be exploited for other things as well. Rated critical

 

[Baggsy]

Thank you