Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:00:29 +0500 From: FreeBSD Maillists <freebsd@softodrom.ru> To: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox 1.5_5.1 now crashed system on startup Message-ID: <1955919659.20051213010029@softodrom.ru> In-Reply-To: <20051212111336.2ab7cd58.europa100@comcast.net> References: <20051212111336.2ab7cd58.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. > Any hints as to what might be going on are appreciated. It's a new bug (with workable exploit) in Firefox 1.5. Delete file history.dat from you Firefox 1.5 installation. http://www.softodrom.ru/win/blogs/b717.shtml (In Russian) http://www.securitylab.ru/poc/extra/242789.php (In English) --=20 =D1 =F3=E2=E0=E6=E5=ED=E8=E5=EC, FreeBSD mailto:freebsd@softodrom.ru
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