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Mozilla closes critical holes in Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey

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Following the release of new versions of its open source Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client and SeaMonkey suite, Mozilla has detailed the security fixes included in each of the updates. According to the project's Security Center page for Firefox, version 10.0 closes a total of 8 security holes in the browser, 5 of which are rated as "Critical" by Mozilla.

Critical hole in Apache Struts 2 closed

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The developers of the Apache Struts 2 Java web framework have released version 2.3.1.2. This closes a critical hole in versions of Struts from 2.0.0 to 2.3.1.1 that allowed for remote command execution. The vulnerability makes it possible for the protection around OGNL, an expression language used for getting and setting properties of Java objects, to be bypassed and arbitrary expressions be evaluated.

Apache Tomcat developers advise updates to avoid DoS

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The Apache Tomcat developers are advising users of the 7.0.x, 6.0.x and 5.5.x branches of the Java servlet and JSP container to update to the latest released versions 7.0.23, 6.0.35 and 5.5.35. Recent investigations revealed inefficiencies in how large numbers of parameters and parameter values were handled by Tomcat.

Wireshark 1.4.x and 1.6.x updates close security holes

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Versions 1.4.11 and 1.6.5 of the open source Wireshark network protocol analyser have been released, fixing bugs and closing holes found in the previous builds. The maintenance and security updates to the cross-platform tool fix several vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or compromise a victim's system.

WordPress 3.3.1 closes XSS hole

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Version 3.3.1 of the open source WordPress blogging and publishing platform has been released. The maintenance and security update addresses a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress 3.3. According to a blog post by security researchers Aditya Modha and Samir Shah, the hole affects WordPress instances installed using an IP address; instances of WordPress installed using a domain name are reportedly not vulnerable.

Rails updates close XSS hole - Update

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The Ruby on Rails open source web framework has been updated to close a security hole in the translate helper method. According to the developers, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the helper method for i18n translations could be exploited by an attacker to insert arbitrary code into a page.