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A simple HTML tag will crash 64-bit Windows 7
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Posted on 12/21/2011 10:18:07 AM PST by ShadowAce
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:18:12 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:18:57 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
when opened in Apple's Safari web browserThen the title should read "Apple's Safari has critical security flaw," but of course the Apple iPologist press would never admit that.
To: Thane_Banquo
Then the title should read... While I am no fan of Apple, the title is correct.
An application should not be able to crash the system.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:23:39 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Thane_Banquo
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Then the title should read "Apple's Safari has critical security flaw," but of course the Apple iPologist press would never admit that. Oh, bull. A userland application like Safari (or any other application) should be able to make a mistaken, stupid, or malicious system call (e.g. "Crash System NOW") and the operating system should refuse to do so. It's the OS's responsibility to refuse to do bad things.
What if the "application" were a malicious piece of software? You're really claiming that the "security flaw" is in the hacker's code?
Geez, fella. Learn something about computer security before you make stupid accusations.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:27:15 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: ShadowAce
So....I have the 64-bit version in my Toshiba Satellite laptop. Is there some kind of patch or other fix available from Microsoft?
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:28:15 AM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
("Criticism......brings attention to an unhealthy state of things"-Winston Churchill)
To: ShadowAce
Microsoft always has a problem with a long jump to a far pointer
I have seen them screw that up every time
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:29:36 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
To: gimme1ibertee
Any browser but Safari is your patch. And really who’s using the Apple browser on Windows.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:30:07 AM PST
by
discostu
(How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
To: Thane_Banquo
Ok, so what happens when the same html is run on OS X? Windows flaw.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:30:33 AM PST
by
st.eqed
To: ShadowAce
Ah, gotta love them Apple Haters.
The only people in God's Universe more rabid than Apple Cultists.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:31:57 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: ShadowAce
So who uses Safari as their browser on a Windows OS? I doubt Apple is too concerned about giving priority to that interoperability test.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:32:06 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!")
To: discostu
Sounds like an easy fix to me.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:35:19 AM PST
by
BenKenobi
(Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
To: gimme1ibertee
Until something comes out, don’t use Safari.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:35:49 AM PST
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: Thane_Banquo
Incorrect. There is a flaw in the kernel allowing user space applications to fault memory, Safari just happens to be the app that has uncovered it.
To: NonValueAdded
I use Safari occasionally.
But after upgrading to Safari 5, I began having problems with the computer hanging up and deleted it from my Windows 7 64 bit computer.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:37:15 AM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:39:43 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former.)
To: dayglored
Are you saying Apple’s Safari is a malicious piece of software?
I agree with you....When you down load an executable, you either give it permission to run on your system or you don’t. The OS cannot protect itself from user inflicted dumbsh!tness.....you ignorant puffed up smidgeon of blowfish sh!t
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:40:20 AM PST
by
Electric Graffiti
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their Moonbats)
To: ShadowAce
Exceptionally POOR testing at micro$oft !
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:44:10 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: gimme1ibertee
Yeah, that patch is called Linux.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:48:46 AM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: ShadowAce
So all 3 users of Safari are impacted. Yes this shouldn’t crash the system, but we do need to find out why it is before we blame MS. It will probably be a windows issue, but it is possible that safari introduced it.
Before anyone says a usermode app shouldn’t allow that...we don’t know if Safari did something at ring 0. It’s doubtful but it is possible.
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posted on
12/21/2011 10:53:52 AM PST
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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