From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 20:34:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7063516A41F for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:34:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@softodrom.ru) Received: from softodrom.ru (softodrom.ru [83.222.5.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B36C43D4C for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:34:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@softodrom.ru) Received: (qmail 34378 invoked by uid 85); 12 Dec 2005 20:36:55 -0000 Received: from 83.142.166.118 by softodrom.ru (envelope-from , uid 89) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.87/1146. Clear:RC:0(83.142.166.118):. Processed in 0.066368 secs); 12 Dec 2005 20:36:55 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: freebsd@softodrom.ru via softodrom.ru X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:0(83.142.166.118):. Processed in 0.066368 secs) Received: from unknown (HELO pool-83-142-166-118.chelcom.ru) (freebsd@softodrom.ru@83.142.166.118) by 0 with SMTP; 12 Dec 2005 20:36:55 -0000 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:36:56 +0500 From: FreeBSD Maillists X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.62.14) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <42028775.20051213013656@softodrom.ru> To: freebsd In-Reply-To: <20051212121024.503fd911.europa100@comcast.net> References: <20051212111336.2ab7cd58.europa100@comcast.net> <6610469498.20051213005004@softodrom.ru> <20051212121024.503fd911.europa100@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re[2]: Firefox 1.5_5.1 now crashed system on startup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Maillists List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:34:36 -0000 >> > 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