Firefox users are urged to update their web browser software following the discovery of a slew [1] of security vulnerabilities. Version 1.0.5 [2] of the popular web browser addresses nine security bugs while also incorporating stability improvements.

Security notification service Secunia rates [3] the cross-platform update as "highly critical". The Mozilla Foundation promises [4] to release a related sub-set of patches for its Thunderbird email client. A security update for Mozilla's internet software suite covering a seperate group [5] of security vulns is also promised for later this week.

Along with the Firefox security update, Tuesday also brought three critical security patches from Microsoft and the release [6] of security fixes [7] from Apple making it an exceptionally busy day. ®

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Apple updates Mac OS X Tiger [8]
Three critical fixes in MS July security update [9]
Unholy trio menace Firefox [10]
Browser bugs sprout eternal [11]
Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws [12]

Links

1. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Firefox
2. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.5.html
3. http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
4. http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,103159,00.html
5. http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
6. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/13/apple_posts_tiger_10-4-2/
7. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/13/apple_posts_tiger_10-4-2/
8. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/13/apple_posts_tiger_10-4-2/
9. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/13/ms_july_patch_batch/
10. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/19/firefox_security_update/
11. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/06/browser_bugfest/
12. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/23/symantec_threat_report/