Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:36:56 +0500 From: FreeBSD Maillists <freebsd@softodrom.ru> To: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[2]: Firefox 1.5_5.1 now crashed system on startup Message-ID: <42028775.20051213013656@softodrom.ru> In-Reply-To: <20051212121024.503fd911.europa100@comcast.net> References: <20051212111336.2ab7cd58.europa100@comcast.net> <6610469498.20051213005004@softodrom.ru> <20051212121024.503fd911.europa100@comcast.net>
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>> > I am using FreeBSD 6.0 release and Firefox 1.5_5.1. With my old kernel >> > which did not have SMP and hyperthreading enabled, it would just run >> > the cpu up to 100% upon startup. Now with SMP and hyperthreading >> > enabled it locks up the computer and I have to give the computer a hard >> > power down. The cpu is a P4. >>=20 >> > Any hints as to what might be going on are appreciated. >>=20 >> It's a new bug (with workable exploit) in Firefox 1.5. >> Delete file history.dat from you Firefox 1.5 installation. >>=20 >> http://www.softodrom.ru/win/blogs/b717.shtml (In Russian) >> http://www.securitylab.ru/poc/extra/242789.php (In English) > I went and tried that, but I still ended up crashing my computer. I > wonder if I should delete the whole ~/.mozilla/firefox directory? > Perhaps it is corrupted. Quote from http://www.securitylab.ru/poc/extra/242789.php >The next time that firefox is >opened, it will instantly crash due to a buffer overflow -- this will >happen everytime until you manually delete the history.dat file -- which >most users won't figure out. Maybe problem in something other... --=20 =D0=A1 =D1=83=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=B6=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=B5=D0=BC, FreeBSD mailto:freebsd@softodrom.ru
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