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Apple Fixes Safari "Carpet Bomb" Windows Vulnerability

Posted by kdawson on from the no-more-carpet-tax dept.

Titoxd writes "Apple has released a new version of Safari that fixes the carpet bomb vulnerability in Safari 3.1 for Windows. This comes in the heels of Microsoft recommending against using Safari in Windows, as well as the release of code exploiting this vulnerability."

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  1. You mean? by Centurix · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think the carpet bombers did this?
    Face it man, that rug really tied the room together...

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    Task Mangler
  2. I installed the update... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And my computer rebooted into OS X. Not that I mind, really.

  3. Re:"Carpet bomb"? by gardyloo · · Score: 3, Funny

    So if she's a squirter then you have an IED on your hands?

  4. Damn... by PawNtheSandman · · Score: 3, Funny

    All I know is if someone broke in my apartment and pissed all over my rug, I'd be pretty upset.

    1. Re:Damn... by drumbug1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      All I know is if someone broke in my apartment and pissed all over my rug, I'd be pretty upset. unless you're the dude... he abides...
  5. Re:Yes, the flaw is in IE. by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can make a real shortcut, set the working directory to whatever you want, or even launch IE from its own program directory from a command prompt, and it will still consider the desktop to be the current directory.

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

    Every time I think I'm being to hard on Microsoft, that I'm just being a cynical old fart, I come across something like this.

    Holy Mother of Turing, what were they thinking of?