[PLUG] From the Symantec Newsletter

[Don Buchholz]

Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, J Henshaw wrote:
> 
> > Software Flaw Puts Multiple Operating Systems at Risk
> > REPRINTED FROM: Computerworld
> > AUG 12, 2002    ARTICLE ID: 1531
> 
>   Interesting, Jeff. In today's "Oregonian" (Business Section)
>   there's a little piece about a major security hole in Microsoft's
>   Internet Exploder.  (So, what else is new, right?). At first, I
>   thought that's what this story reported.
> 
>   The Microsoft flaw was confirmed by Symantec so perhaps it is
>   the same problem.
> 

Could be ...

I suspect the Oregonian was referring to this:

  * "SSL defeated in IE and Konqueror"
    http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/26620.html

  * ... BugTraq thread
    http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286895/2002-08-08/2002-08-14/1

And, BTW, Konquerer is already fixed ... (in the CVS tree anyway)

  * http://www.theregus.com/content/4/25962.html
    


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