1997-06-13 - Major Netscape Bug [CNN]

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From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-06-13 01:11:27 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:11:27 +0800

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From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:11:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Subject: Major Netscape Bug [CNN]
Message-ID: <199706130039.TAA12257@einstein.ssz.com>
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Forwarded message:

>    From Correspondent Steve Young
>    June 12, 1997: 6:58 p.m. ET
>    
>    Netscape unveils Netcaster - April 15, 1997
>    
>    Princeton team finds third Netscape bug - May 20, 1996
>    
>    Netscape NEW YORK (CNNfn) - A serious new flaw that affects all
>    versions of Netscape Communications Corp.'s popular Navigator Internet
>    browser software -- including the final test version of its
>    Communicator Suite released Wednesday -- has been uncovered by a
>    Danish software firm, CNNfn has learned.
>    
>    The bug was reported by Cabocomm, a software company located about 100
>    miles west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The bug makes it possible for
>    Web-site operators to read anything stored on the hard drive of a PC
>    logged on to the Web site.






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