Klarinet Archive - Posting 001338.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Please read - E-Mail security hole - I checked
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:40:04 -0400

Does this security threat also threaten Eudora Light?

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 09:35 PM 7/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>It was reported in my newspaper today that there is a bug in Netscape,
>Outlook Express, and Outlook 98 that would allow an e-mail message to
>possibly corrupt your system. This is not my normal "don't open attachments
>with a .exe extension" message, but a real hole. I just downloaded a patch
>for my system.
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>Microsoft has put a patch in place for Outlook Express at
>http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/default.htm?page=productupdates
>
>A work-around for Netscape users is at:
>http://www.netscape.com/products/security/resources/bugs/longfile.html?hom07
>prt1
>
>This is a real one, folks. No one (to either Netscape's or MSFT's knowledge)
>has exploited this hole yet - but you just know _someone_ will RSN.
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