Re: Remote Vulnerability in Firefox Extensions

2007-08-01 Thread scar
coderman @ 2007/06/21 11:33: On 6/21/07, scar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... it seems to me that many addons which are downloaded from https://addons.mozilla.org/ use different, non-https, addresses to check for and download updates. the problem exists when non https is used for updates. any

Re: Remote Vulnerability in Firefox Extensions

2007-06-21 Thread scar
coderman @ 2007/05/30 00:00: it would be trivial for a rogue exit to use this technique. public wifi users should also take note. check your firefox extensions! http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2007/05/remote-vulnerability-in-firefox.html A vulnerability exists in the upgrade mechanism

Re: Remote Vulnerability in Firefox Extensions

2007-06-21 Thread coderman
On 6/21/07, scar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... it seems to me that many addons which are downloaded from https://addons.mozilla.org/ use different, non-https, addresses to check for and download updates. the problem exists when non https is used for updates. any plugins getting updates via http