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The Firefox blocklist has rarely been used to disable plug-ins from big software vendors like Oracle, but precedents do exist. Currently, Firefox automatically loads any plugin requested by a website, unless Mozilla has blocked it for security reasons (which it has for old versions of Java, Silverlight, and Flash). However, users retain the choice of preventing those plug-ins from being disabled.

Unlike Google's Chrome browser, which has a feature specifically aimed at disabling outdated plug-ins, Firefox relies on Mozilla developers deciding which plug-ins pose a risk to users. Needham did not specify the vulnerability being actively exploited, but security companies have warned during the past couple of weeks that exploits for the CVE-2010-0507 Java vulnerability were being used in widespread attacks and have been incorporated into the popular Blackhole exploit toolkit.

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CHANGES Firefox 45.5.0 Beta 8 () - Update Firefox to latest version 45.5.0 ESR (including many fixes to the. Java plugin is a part of the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE).

Our general recommendation is to use the newest versions of browsers. 'To mitigate this risk, we have added affected versions of the Java plugin for Windows (Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below) to Firefox's blocklist.' A beta version of Java plugin is available. Optima is fully supported on Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers. 'This vulnerability - present in the older versions of the JDK and JRE - is actively being exploited, and is a potential risk to users,' Needham said.

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