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Re: Hey Erik: THAT FIREFOX SECURITY HOLE IS A HOAX

  • Subject: Re: Hey Erik: THAT FIREFOX SECURITY HOLE IS A HOAX
  • From: flatfish+++ <flatfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:26:35 -0400
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: mariana.trench
  • References: <R_wUg.19483$Qh2.63@fe14.usenetserver.com> <1vgxb6vg2i9to.dlg@funkenbusch.com> <slrnei60c4.d1c.jason@jason.websterscafe.com> <1sb8dxw83add3$.dlg@funkenbusch.com> <ila7i2dundo48hot0mnfd8oingm9s1uf09@4ax.com> <6f-dnZONcZ3eQb7YnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@comcast.com>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1164193
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:07:31 -0500, Linonut wrote:

> After takin' a swig o' grog, chrisv belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> 
>> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>
>>>>> The vulnerability is real.  The exploit was simply overblown, though it did
>>>>> produce Denial Of Service.
>>>> 
>>>> The possibility of.
>>>
>>>No, not "the possibility of".  The exploit DID produce a denial of service
>>>by crashing Firefox.
>>
>> Idiot.
> 
> Yeah, he wants to DOS COLA.

That's already been done.

See Roy Shestowich and Mark Kent for details.



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