Another Gmail Bug Found, and Fixed in 24 Hours
Filed in: Google, Security — January 13th, 2005
Gmail Bug Found
UNIX developers HBX Networks have stumbled upon a bug within Google’s Gmail that allows access to other users’ personal e-mails.
By altering the “From” address field of an e-mail sent to the service, hackers could potentially find out a user’s personal information, including passwords.
At first glance, to the average user the e-mail would appear normal. But by clicking “show options” within the Gmail interface, the “Reply-To” field will show HTML code that is actually a formatted version of another user’s e-mail, HBX wrote on its Web site.
[ Read eWeek ]
Gmail Bug Fixed
Google has fixed a potentially damaging vulnerability in its Web based Gmail email service. Gmail users risked exposing personal information to hackers when they sent out email according to the Unix community site HBX Networks.
[ Read pcpro.co.uk ]
