Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Gmail glitch yields access to messages
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5534210.html
Gmail glitch yields access to messages
By Robert Lemos
CNET News.com
January 12, 2005, 4:22 PM PT
A problem with Google's e-mail service, Gmail, let any user query the company's servers for information on the last message sent, two hackers announced on Wednesday.
The programmers, part of a community site dedicated to the Unix-like FreeBSD operating system, found that an improperly formatted address allowed Gmail users to retrieve the message body of the last HTML-formatted e-mail processed by the server.
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Gmail glitch yields access to messages
By Robert Lemos
CNET News.com
January 12, 2005, 4:22 PM PT
A problem with Google's e-mail service, Gmail, let any user query the company's servers for information on the last message sent, two hackers announced on Wednesday.
The programmers, part of a community site dedicated to the Unix-like FreeBSD operating system, found that an improperly formatted address allowed Gmail users to retrieve the message body of the last HTML-formatted e-mail processed by the server.
more @ URL
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