Firefox 1.5_5.1 now crashed system on startup

[FreeBSD Maillists]

> 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)

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