[CrackMonkey] For your collection

Peter A. Peterson II pedro at flynn.zork.net
Mon Jul 24 10:08:59 PDT 2000


Quoting Bob Bernstein:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 01:14:34PM -0700, Don Marti wrote:
> 
> > Security Advisory: Buffer Overflow in MS Outlook & Outlook Express Email Clients
> > 
> > Date: 			18th July 2000
> > Author:			Aaron Drew (mailto:ripper at wollongong.hotkey.net.au)
> > Versions Affected: 	MS Outlook 97/2000 and MS Outlook Express 4/5
> 
> Holy Cow, eh? I just got this: ("the most dangerous programming mistake that
> Microsoft has made.")

The word on the street is that it only works with IMAP and POP3 -- if
you are using Exchange (MAPI -- embrace and extend; morgen die Welt!)
it doesn't work. 

This is not to defend MS -- just to let you know that you've gotta
know your audience. That 'sploit wouldn't work on our campus.

Oh, and I'll call myself on Godwin's, thankyouverymuch.

pedro

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