Griefer Hack - Don't know if it affects OS

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Griefer Hack - Don't know if it affects OS

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@everyone We always advise people to disable media, esp when using Hydra. Now there's one more reason for it, at least until viewers are patched - looks like there's an exploit in the Firestorm viewer (which Hydra is based on) which can be abused for griefing purposes. Details here:
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2022/09/media ... storm.html
LL viewer is already patched, Firestorm not yet. (edited)
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Veritas McMaster wrote:
Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:46 am
We always advise people to disable media.
This is always good advice anyway. When it comes to security, Media-On-A-Prim is so full of holes it'll make a Swizz cheese green with envy. We shouldn't blame Firestorm for it though, this is LL code.
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Re: Griefer Hack - Don't know if it affect OS

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In a group 'Ivory Tower' in SL they posted, i tought of your topic,i would past it here to help (if it helps) :) :
'A few days ago an exploit has been discovered in SL viewers.

* If you're using the official Linden Lab viewer you can already get it patched.
https://releasenotes.secondlife.com/vie ... 75022.html

* If you're using an alternative viewer not yet patched, it's recommended to turn off media.
Preferences (CTRL-P) // Sound & Media' tab // disable Media


Further details in this forum thread:
https://community.secondlife.com/forums ... of-griefin
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