On Tuesday, Microsoft reported that after people apply the MS06-042 update, rated "critical" by Microsoft, IE may crash when certain websites are viewed. The problem affects IE6 with Service Pack 1 on Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems according to the software giant.
"Microsoft has identified an issue with the security update MS06-042," the company said in a statement Tuesday. It plans to re-release the bulletin and patch on Aug. 22 for all affected users.
The problem occurs when IE users view Web sites that use version 1.1 of HTTP alongside compression, according to Microsoft's notice. HTTP, or hypertext transfer protocol, is the standard protocol used to browse websites.
MS06-042 is an update for IE that addresses eight vulnerabilities in the popular browser. It is one of a dozen security updates that Microsoft released last week on Patch Tuesday.
Patches have caused trouble at times, on occasion prompting Microsoft to fix already released updates. In April, it released a second version of a Windows Explorer update because the original interfered with Hewlett-Packard software and nVidia drivers. In June, it had to fix a patch that caused network connection trouble for some people.
News source: CNET News.com
"Microsoft has identified an issue with the security update MS06-042," the company said in a statement Tuesday. It plans to re-release the bulletin and patch on Aug. 22 for all affected users.
The problem occurs when IE users view Web sites that use version 1.1 of HTTP alongside compression, according to Microsoft's notice. HTTP, or hypertext transfer protocol, is the standard protocol used to browse websites.
MS06-042 is an update for IE that addresses eight vulnerabilities in the popular browser. It is one of a dozen security updates that Microsoft released last week on Patch Tuesday.
Patches have caused trouble at times, on occasion prompting Microsoft to fix already released updates. In April, it released a second version of a Windows Explorer update because the original interfered with Hewlett-Packard software and nVidia drivers. In June, it had to fix a patch that caused network connection trouble for some people.
News source: CNET News.com
- Barret
The inferior browser works like a charm with the right software backing it up.
exactly
why can't we all get along????
but then I can't make world peace
If you still don't get it, answer this: where can you get IE7 for Windows 2000?
I ran the updates on my work machine yesterday afternoon, and i have had IE crash 7 times since then and explorer crash once, not too clever.
So what do i do, i have to wait to check that the patches don't break servers & workstations but if i don't patch i leave my systems potentially vunerable to attack. After all, the patches are all labelled critical and should be installed immediately according to Microsoft.
So you've never done anything with unforseen consequences? It's a fact of life for software developers (me - guilty as charged) whether they work for large or small companies. Yes it's annoying for end users but unless _every_ patch breaks stuff you really don't have too much to whine about - report the issue and let MS fix it. Roll back the patch if it's that bad - use system restore or uninstall the KB in question.
So you've never done anything with unforseen consequences? It's a fact of life for software developers (me - guilty as charged) whether they work for large or small companies. Yes it's annoying for end users but unless _every_ patch breaks stuff you really don't have too much to whine about - report the issue and let MS fix it. Roll back the patch if it's that bad - use system restore or uninstall the KB in question.
It's not as though the patch made Windows explode... it just caused some issues. Yes MS should do more Beta testing on these updates, but they try and thats the important thing.
So you've never done anything with unforseen consequences? It's a fact of life for software developers (me - guilty as charged) whether they work for large or small companies. Yes it's annoying for end users but unless _every_ patch breaks stuff you really don't have too much to whine about - report the issue and let MS fix it. Roll back the patch if it's that bad - use system restore or uninstall the KB in question.
Your right in that software can & will go wrong and everyone has written patches which kill another part of their software. If i install non-critical patches and have to rollback, thats ok on a desktop but annoying on a server, but i am still not that bothered as no real damage has been done.
However i get annoyed when security updates break functionality in servers and workstations as i have a choice to either see what damage it does and attempt to fix that or leave the machines unpatched and and trust in my other security systems to warn me in time. Thats the problem because now i don't trust microsoft updates.
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