The third update for Firefox 32 has arrived, version 32.0.3, and it fixes a critical security vulnerability in the browser. The same is true of Mozilla’s email client, Thunderbird, which also gets a security update to version 31.1.2.
Mozilla’s description of the security threat is pretty complicated, but essentially, in its network security services (NSS), there’s a hole that could allow attackers to counterfeit security certificates, which makes browsing the web much less safe. French security researcher Antoine Delignat-Lavaud discovered the problem, and it was independently found by ‘The Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security’.
If you use either program, you should update it as soon as possible. Mozilla’s ‘Security Advisories‘ are color coded for severity, and this one gets a red-colored ‘Critical’ rating. Links are below for Windows and Mac.
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Source: Mozilla
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