Mozilla, Firebird, Thunderbird bugfix

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I see there's a thread about the Firefox 0.9.2 bugfix release, but
since the bug affects Mozilla and Thunderbird as well, I thought
another post might help people spot it.

<http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html>

On July 7 (yesterday) a security vulnerability affecting browsers
for the Windows operating system was posted to Full Disclosure, a
public security mailing list. On the same day, the Mozilla
security team confirmed the report of this security issue
affecting the Mozilla Application Suite, Firefox, and Thunderbird
and discussed and developed the fix at Bugzilla bug 250180. We
have confirmed that the bug affects only users of Microsoft's
Windows operating system. The issue does not affect Linux or
Macintosh users.

Today, the Mozilla team released a configuration change which
resolves this problem by explicitly disabling the use of the
shell: external protocol handler. The fix is available in two
forms. The first is a small download which will make this
configuration adjustment for the user. The second fix is to
install the newest full release of each of these products.
Instructions on administering these changes can be found below.
 
I see there's a thread about the Firefox 0.9.2 bugfix release, but
since the bug affects Mozilla and Thunderbird as well, I thought
another post might help people spot it.

<http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html>

On July 7 (yesterday) a security vulnerability affecting browsers
for the Windows operating system was posted to Full Disclosure, a
public security mailing list. On the same day, the Mozilla
security team confirmed the report of this security issue
affecting the Mozilla Application Suite, Firefox, and Thunderbird
and discussed and developed the fix at Bugzilla bug 250180. We
have confirmed that the bug affects only users of Microsoft's
Windows operating system. The issue does not affect Linux or
Macintosh users.

Today, the Mozilla team released a configuration change which
resolves this problem by explicitly disabling the use of the
shell: external protocol handler. The fix is available in two
forms. The first is a small download which will make this
configuration adjustment for the user. The second fix is to
install the newest full release of each of these products.
Instructions on administering these changes can be found below.
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Thanks!

Third version installed in a period of less than 2 weeks. Hope this
version lasts a little longer than the previous 2! <g>
 
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