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Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

rvaniwaa writes "Another hole in internet explorer has been discovered. This hole allows a hacker to root a user's computer whenever the user clicks on a gopher link. All versions of IE are affected and a Microsoft spokesman stated that the company is "moving forward on the investigation with all due speed""

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  1. Wow... by TweeKinDaBahx · · Score: 2, Troll

    ...I can only imagine how someone found this one.

    However dangerous this hole may be, there are a few reasons why it probably won't create an end of the world scenario, most imporatant of these that gopher is absolutly archaic. I personally havn't seen a gopher server since 1996 (at MIT).

    Second, as always, Microsoft will have a patch out fairly quickly, which is more that can be said for mozilla half of the time...

    *Ducks and covers due to flying penguins*

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  2. Re:Too damn obvious by purpledinoz · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hope they plug this Gopher hole real fast.

  3. Kinda funny actually by einhverfr · · Score: 2, Troll

    Hmmm... Two headlines I saw immediately on going to /. today:

    One about a company releasing a report indicating that Open Source software is inherently insecure.

    Another about a new security hole in IE (Thank god I use Konqueror ;))

    Now we need the good PR people at Microsoft to release the source code to Internet Explorer and IIS so that they can prove their first point...

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