India’s cyber agency now warns about bugs in Mozilla Firefox browser

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) After warning customers about bugs in Google Chrome for desktop, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has now cautioned towards a number of vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox merchandise that may let hackers compromise gadgets and programs.

The bugs in Mozilla Firefox browser might permit a distant attacker to bypass safety restrictions, execute arbitrary code and trigger denial of service assault on the focused system, CERT-In stated in its newest advisory.

“These vulnerabilities exist in Mozilla Firefox resulting from abuse of XSLT error dealing with, cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT doc… that outcomes in a use-after-free error and reminiscence security bugs inside the browser engine,” defined the cyber agency.

A distant attacker might exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a sufferer to open a specially-crafted internet request.

CERT-In, which comes below the IT Ministry, suggested customers to replace to the most recent Mozilla Firefox variations.

CERT-In additionally discovered a vulnerability in open supply coding platform Drupal which might permit an attacker to bypass safety restrictions on the focused system.

“Successful exploitation of this vulnerability might permit an attacker to bypass safety restrictions (leak legitimate fee particulars and settle for invalid fee particulars) on the focused system,” it warned.

Last week, the cyber agency had warned customers about a number of vulnerabilities in Google Chrome for desktop that would let risk actors acquire entry to their computer systems.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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