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Nasty bug with very simple exploit hits PHP just in time for the weekend (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.ml to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

...for windows. pffff

[–] ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Reading the article I’m a bit confused, can someone confirm for me that it only affects windows running with Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or simplified Chinese locales? Not other locales.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I understand that these encodings make it easier but it’s still possible to exploit without.

[–] ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the insight. I’ll make sure to update things on my end asap.