bugtraq - Re: Firefox 1.5.0.7 Exploit

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Message-ID: <20061103071804.GC4941@piware.de>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:18:04 +0100
From: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@...onical.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Firefox 1.5.0.7 Exploit

Hi,

koenig@...-k-a-d-e-n-t.de [2006-11-02 16:43 -0000]:
> On Kubuntu Linux the exploits does not just kill firefox
> but freezes the whole system! Probably it will also freeze
> other distros!

This very much sounds like the recent nvidia driver vulnerability [1].
We currently run extensive testing with the new driver (see [2]).
Please upgrade to it and check again.

Thanks,

Martin

[1] http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
[2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-November/022177.html

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