Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Socket-A Chipset Roundup

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-bit-of-this-a-little-bit-of-that dept.

EconolineCrush writes: "The Tech Report has a review up of VIA's new KT333 Socket A chipset. Though it's really a review of the KT333, a total of seven different chipsets from VIA, SiS, AMD, and NVIDIA are compared to determine the uniprocessor Socket A performance king. This is definitely worth checking out if you're in the market for an AMD platform, or are curious to see how your current chipset stacks up against the latest and greatest."

15 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovered! by Flarners · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I just got this in my mail, and I thought I should pass it on to my friends on Slashdot (since I know a lot of you use Mozilla :-).

    IMPORTANT: There is a huge security hole in all Mozilla builds that was just discovered yesterday. By inserting a properly-constructed URL into an XHTML source file with MIME type application/xml+xhtml, arbitrary code can be run as the client user on his machine. This hole exploits a known bug in Mozilla's xml parser, that doesn't properly handle certain character entities (e.g. &#nnn;). If the decimal number inside the character entity is greater than 65535 (the maximum legal Unicode value), a buffer overflow is triggered and arbitrary machine code can be inserted into the running process.

    Luckily though, the fix is small, simple, and can be automatically downloaded over the Internet, thanks to Mozilla's XPI installation facilities. This patch is available from the Browser Security page at data.com. Simply click the link, and after a short verification the fix will install itself. Please install their patch ASAP, before malicious hackers wipe Mozilla off the web!

    Isn't open-source grand? Had this been an Internet Explorer exploit, we wouldn't even know of its existence until about a month after sKr1p7 k1dd1eZ started hacking with it. I applaud the Mozilla team for promptly discovering and disclosing this bug, and the fine folks at data.com for hosting the fix.

    --
    "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for 'entrepeneur'." -George W. Bush
  2. Stick your Rhenquist in the socket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and I'll briggs you until you reach total ecstacy.

  3. Re:URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you for making us aware of that, it again proves the value of OSS and Slashdot.

    -Fred Marstansis

  4. Re:URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is not security focus, please post this elsewhere.

    Thank you.

    --DarkSkies

  5. Oh my fucking shit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is worser than goatse.cx!

  6. Re:URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go for it suckers, install that trojan horse!

    I appluad Flarners for such a subtle and well-written troll.

  7. Thank you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Thanks for the heads up, man. I grabbed the patch, but I can't apply it just yet. (Glad I got it early, before the /. Effect took hold! It was a speedy download!) After this post I'll pull the cable and disconnect from the 'net until I get it all fixed.

    Thanks again! The "many eyeballs" analogy is still valid!

    --SC

  8. It's a real issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Click the link in Mozilla to see just how wide this security hole really is.

    -F

  9. That's a Goatse.cx link there by WD · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    UUdecode that Link and it's goatse.cx
    joy

  10. Re:URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    What do you mean? The patch downloaded fine...?

    --SC

  11. The Government Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It sure do.

  12. Re:URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    such a gaping hole in mozilla must be examined and filled by mozilla users

    mjl

  13. OH MY GOD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell did that man do to himself?! DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK!

  14. Re:URGENT: Massive Mozilla security hole discovere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Konqueror 2.2.2 crashes if the mouse even hovers over that link. I'm hoping it's not an attempt to smash the stack.

  15. Re:Moderators what kind of TROLL CRACK are you on? by red5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tell me aboot it eh. (canada joke)
    I just metamoded a whole bunch of terible mods.
    Don't worry he'll get his in meta.

    --
    I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.