Winamp 2.79 users beware- there's a bug in the software which may be prone to executing viruses. Check the following report by Cnet.com.
(Cnet.com, quoted)
"Nullsoft, a division of AOL Time Warner that makes Winamp, has confirmed the vulnerability in an older release of the software. The glitch does not affect the newest version, 2.80, which was released last week. In the older version, the problem can be fixed by disabling Winamp's mini-browser.
...A bug in the code of Winamp 2.79 allows a specially formed data tag in an MP3 file to cause a buffer overrun in the application, which could be exploited to run any piece of code the attacker wishes. The glitch was posted to the Bugtraq security mailing list Friday by Andreas Sandblad, a Swedish engineering student."
For the full article, check [ Here ].
Special thanks to Juke Joint Jezebel for the news.
- Henry A. Moriarty
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