I use Firefox and Thunderbird for browsing and email. Just a few moments ago, I got this email from the computer people on campus. The email itself is very, very long so I will just post the first part so you get an idea of what it says:
Katarine's Email wrote:
This message is being sent using E-mail to Groups ( UM Students ).
The following alert has been released for any products based on Mozilla
components, particularly Gecko may also be affected.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
National Cyber Alert System
Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-107A
Mozilla Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: April 17, 2006
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
* Mozilla web browser, email and newsgroup client
* Mozilla SeaMonkey
* Firefox web browser
* Thunderbird email client
* Mozilla Suite
Any products based on Mozilla components, particularly Gecko may also
be affected.
The following alert has been released for any products based on Mozilla
components, particularly Gecko may also be affected.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
National Cyber Alert System
Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-107A
Mozilla Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: April 17, 2006
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
* Mozilla web browser, email and newsgroup client
* Mozilla SeaMonkey
* Firefox web browser
* Thunderbird email client
* Mozilla Suite
Any products based on Mozilla components, particularly Gecko may also
be affected.
The email goes on to talk about the specific problems. Has anyone else heard about this? Is it worth worrying about?
