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The flaw could let an attacker construct a Skype hyperlink which, when clicked on by the target, sends a file from the victim's computer to another Skype user, the company said in a security alert published Friday.
Security-monitoring company Secunia deems the issue "moderately critical," right in the middle of its five-tiered rating system. The bug could be exploited by attackers "to bypass certain security restrictions and potentially disclose certain sensitive information," Secunia said in its advisory.
An updated version of Skype, release 2.5.0.82, includes a fix for the flaw and was released Wednesday.
Skype was acquired by online auctioneer eBay last September. More than 100 million people are registered to use the service, according to Skype.
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platform is affected by this bug. Guess which one it is? (Hint: It
isn't Mac OS X, Linux, or Pocket PC.)
Not identifying the affected platform is another chapter in Mr.
Evers ongoing saga of reporting errors and oversights. For
example, this May 12th article, http://news.com.com/Apple
+flaws+put+both+Macs+and+PCs+at+risk/
2100-1002_3-6071833.html contained multiple errors,
including misquoting Apple's security advisory bulletin.
One again, Mr Evers, I look forward to the day when I don't find
myself having to double-check your articles for accuracy, or,
based on your reporting, waste my time checking websites such
as Skype for security updates that I do not need.
platform is affected by this bug. Guess which one it is? (Hint: It
isn't Mac OS X, Linux, or Pocket PC.)
Not identifying the affected platform is another chapter in Mr.
Evers ongoing saga of reporting errors and oversights. For
example, this May 12th article, http://news.com.com/Apple
+flaws+put+both+Macs+and+PCs+at+risk/
2100-1002_3-6071833.html contained multiple errors,
including misquoting Apple's security advisory bulletin.
One again, Mr Evers, I look forward to the day when I don't find
myself having to double-check your articles for accuracy, or,
based on your reporting, waste my time checking websites such
as Skype for security updates that I do not need.
- re: latest Skype release
- by leehooper May 22, 2006 8:36 AM PDT
- According to Skype the latest release is:
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(4 Comments)Official release. Version: 2.0.0.105. Release date: May 15, 2006
File name: SkypeSetup.exe File size: 9.0 MB