Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:18:19 +0000 From: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> To: FreeBSD Maillists <freebsd@softodrom.ru> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Firefox 1.5_5.1 now crashed system on startup Message-ID: <E77A7DD5-C991-4864-8FA5-88522CD7CA1F@redry.net> In-Reply-To: <42028775.20051213013656@softodrom.ru> References: <20051212111336.2ab7cd58.europa100@comcast.net> <6610469498.20051213005004@softodrom.ru> <20051212121024.503fd911.europa100@comcast.net> <42028775.20051213013656@softodrom.ru>
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On 12 Dec 2005, at 20:36, FreeBSD Maillists wrote: >>>> 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) > >> 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... I running 6.0-RELEASE and just upgraded to 1.5. It doesnt open for me at all. Where do you find the history.dat file?
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