23 August 2006
Still The Same Microsoft Security Troubles
Microsoft is having more trouble with its latest patches. Their update MS06-042 was supposed to be re-released yesterday to fix a flaw that would cause IE 6 to crash under service pack 1.
Unfortunately for Microsoft and customers who are vulnerable, the release is not going to be released yet. There is another vulnerability in the patch that can cause a buffer overrun that can allow for someone to take over that computer. Fortunately, there haven't been any known cases of exploits, but it's only just been found and confirmed. There is the possibility that it will be exploited in the future.
Microsoft stated that it will release the update when it has fixed the flaw and to protect yourself, users with Service Pack 1 should disable the use of HTTP 1.0 protocol.
Unfortunately for Microsoft and customers who are vulnerable, the release is not going to be released yet. There is another vulnerability in the patch that can cause a buffer overrun that can allow for someone to take over that computer. Fortunately, there haven't been any known cases of exploits, but it's only just been found and confirmed. There is the possibility that it will be exploited in the future.
Microsoft stated that it will release the update when it has fixed the flaw and to protect yourself, users with Service Pack 1 should disable the use of HTTP 1.0 protocol.
Labels: IE, microsoft, vulnerability
