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serious winamp security risk
« on: January 30, 2006, 06:28 PM »
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Critical Security Flaw Found in WinampAn "extremely critical" security vulnerability has been discovered in AOL's Winamp digital media player, relating to the way the software handles filenames that include a computer name. An exploit has already surfaced for the flaw.

Note that last part: An exploit has already surfaced for the flaw.

that means you better take this seriously if you use winamp especially for listening to internet streams.


http://www.betanews.com/article/Critical_Security_Flaw_Found_in_Winamp/1138642647

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Re: serious winamp security risk
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2006, 08:58 PM »
Already been patched.

New version of WinAmp has been released...

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Re: serious winamp security risk
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2006, 04:44 PM »
people need to be careful of this and upgrade, it is being exploited in the wild:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,39310016,00.htm

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