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ISS issues patch for firewall software

Steven Parker CEO - Neowin.net Neowin @aSteveParker · Feb 11, 2002 04:54 EST with -1 comments

Thanks Sleeper for sending me this news

Internet Security Systems has released a patch to fix a hole in its firewall software that could allow malicious hackers to take over the computer.

The Atlanta-based ISS released the patch late Friday to plug the hole in its BlackICE Defender and BlackICE Agent firewall software that is designed to block hackers.

The vulnerability affects all current versions running on Windows XP and Windows 2000, ISS said.

It could also allow remote attackers to crash the BlackICE software. But ISS said the risk to corporate customers is minimal because most firewalls used in companies already block the kind of repetitious traffic used for that kind of attack.

The patch is available at the ISS Web site.

Download: Patch for Black Ice Defender/Agent Firewall