Vulnerabilities removed in updated Firefox

Mozilla yesterday came with a new version of their browser.

As expected, came Mozilla yesterday with version 3.5.3 of Firefox. It has been corrected several errors in the browser, but most importantly is the security fixes that remove three serious vulnerabilities.

Vulnerabilities can in the worst case open for remote execution of arbitrary code and then allow a malicious full access to the system.

If Flash Plugin used by Firefox on your computer is not updated, Firefox will now notify the user about this right after Firefox 3.5.3 is installed. The same goes for Firefox 3.0.14, which also arrived yesterday.

Firefox generally download updates on its own, but this may be accelerated by asking the browser to check for updates - a choice that exists in the Help menu.

It is also possible to download the updated Setup files from this page.

Furthermore, there are reports of another vulnerability in Firefox, which has not yet been removed. But it is not considered serious.