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MS preps critical Vista patch for Tuesday

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 04 January 2008 - 13:19 · 6 comments & 6663 views

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Microsoft plans to issue two security patches next Tuesday, one of which earns the dreaded rating of critical, in this year's first edition of its regular Patch Tuesday update cycle.

The critical update covers a flaw that allows the remote execution of malicious software on vulnerable clients, including Windows Vista systems. The patch is also a critical update for Windows XP. The second update, rated as "important", covers an unspecified privilege elevation flaw.

View: The full story @ The Reg

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#1 GreyWolfSC on 04 Jan 2008 - 14:50
1. The Reg...
2. Misleading title. If the update and flaw are for Vista AND XP, you're just baiting by only putting Vista in the title.
#2 vetneufuse on 04 Jan 2008 - 19:12
leave it to the register to leave out the fact its not just vista in the title...

Last edited by neufuse on 04 Jan 2008 - 19:12
#3 Poolius on 04 Jan 2008 - 19:13
Completely agree with point 2.
#4 Lay-Z on 04 Jan 2008 - 19:31
Articles like this from The Reg is the reason I stopped reading it a long time ago. They're grasping for straws at this point.
#5 winmoose on 04 Jan 2008 - 21:32
I'd rather get caught looking at porn than reading the Reg.
#6 UAC on 07 Jan 2008 - 08:19
Yet another reason to keep enabled the UAC in Vista.
UAC mitigates this flaw, because the code is executed with fewer privileges and so the damages will be very limited

Last edited by UAC on 07 Jan 2008 - 08:21

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