ronjor
August 13th, 2004, 05:03 PM
Yahoo issued a security patch to fix a potential vulnerability in its latest instant messaging software, the company said Friday.
The patch, first posted to the Web late Thursday, repairs a security hole stemming from Yahoo Messenger's use of the portable network graphics--or PNG--format, an open-source code the program uses to display certain images, such as buddy list avatars.
Cnet (http://tinyurl.com/3zout)
The patch, first posted to the Web late Thursday, repairs a security hole stemming from Yahoo Messenger's use of the portable network graphics--or PNG--format, an open-source code the program uses to display certain images, such as buddy list avatars.
Cnet (http://tinyurl.com/3zout)