Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday January 28, 2003 @04:26AM from the oops-they-did-it-again dept.

MondoMor writes "Microsoft's forgot to patch some of its own servers to protect it from the months-old vulnerability exploited by the Slammer Worm, reports C|Net. Oops. Apparently Redmond's network was hit pretty hard. Just goes to show that no matter who you are, you'd better keep your apps patched." Update: 01/29 01:59 GMT by T : And if you're running systems which might be affected, take note: whitehorse writes "The Microsoft KB article for the Slammer patch found here has an incorrect URL for 'Download the patch' referring to KB Q316333 which is only a handle leak fix. The real patch may be found later in the article."

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Re:Say what? by javatips · 2003-01-28 04:52 · Score: 0, Redundant

Even if none of their SQL server is accessible from outside the firewall, they can get infected.

If one laptop user got infected while working from home (without any firewall) then got back to the office and pluged his laptop into the network (inside the firewall) then the network become infected!

Firewall are not the ultimate protection against vulnerabilities. They can be bypassed in many ways.
Re:SQL Server by jsse · 2003-01-28 06:05 · Score: 0, Redundant

March of 2005, bozo. Try reading the web sites you reference before posting.

This is the license availability date. I thought my reading is bad until I meet you, bozo. :)

What is a bozo anyway. :)