Re: Skype 2.0.0.97 Major BUG
"Eliah Kagan" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.vulnerabilities |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 5/19/06, Dalibor Straka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:46:47PM +0000, Eliah Kagan wrote: > > Why is this a security problem at all? This seems to be an intended > > behavior that doesn't carry any security risk. > > > > If an untrusted person is able to sign on with my Skype account, or > > access my Skype sessions once logged on, then my security is already > > compromised. And if such a person is *not* able to do this, then they > > cannot exploit the "bug" of which you speak. > > > > It seems that it would be a useful feature for Skype to provide alerts > > in both simultaneous sessions telling of what is going on, but I > > wouldn't call the absence of that feature a "security hole." > > > > A warning message would be very appreciated and appropriate solution. With that, I agree. -Eliah