The Mozilla Foundation is distributing a fix for a flaw in the Firefox 3.6 browser, which could allow remote code execution on the user machine.

In a post pulicado on the afternoon of Thursday (1/4), the site of development of Mozilla , the organization explains that earlier versions of the browser were not affected by the bug, but recommends that all users upgrade to the new Firefox 3.6.3 as soon as possible.

On March 18, Mozilla confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox, and said he would release the patch later this month. Until then, the partial solution was available in a beta version of Firefox 3.6.2.

"We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release," Mozilla said. "If you already have Firefox 3.6, you will receive an automatic update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting "Check for Updates ..." from the Help menu, "said the statement.

Firefox 3.6.3 is also available for download at http://www.firefox.com for the operating systems Windows, Linux and Mac

Source: http://idgnow.uol.com.br/seguranca/2010/04/02/firefox-3-6-3-corrige-falha-critica/