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Zonax Delorean
Registered User
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 767
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03-14-2006 07:06
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060307a.htmlhttp://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1936596,00.aspFrom: someone
Researchers at eEye Digital Security have pinpointed two high-risk vulnerabilities in iTunes and QuickTime that could put millions of Windows and Mac users at risk of code execution attacks.
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In the meantime, users are urged to avoid clicking on untrusted media files.
Since in SL, you do NOT have to 'click' on a (video) media file, as it automatically loads itself, I guess this can be considered unsafe, too, both on the PC and the Mac  Let's hope Apple fixes this real soon!
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Ordinal Malaprop
really very ordinary
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,607
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03-14-2006 07:21
I'd be immensely surprised if whatever thing that this being talked about here (very vaguely) could get through its translation via the SL client. This sounds like a vulnerability in the Quicktime client itself.
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Aliasi Stonebender
Return of Catbread
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,858
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03-14-2006 10:14
Yeah; SL is just using the Quicktime codec, within its own client (in the same manner Quicktime Alternative does). So while it's possible we have a hole (and I hope LL is looking into that), we might not!
But in the meantime, it doesn't hurt to keep that option checked off, I'd suppose.
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