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Microsoft Issues Five New Security Warnings
smelroy writes "Microsoft on Wednesday issued security bulletins for five new software vulnerabilities, including a flaw in Visual Basic for Applications that the company rated as critical. The company has posted patches for each of the flaws on its Web site. Four of the problems affect Microsoft's Office desktop software.
You can read the story here and the security bulletins here."
i'm having this funny feeling of deja vu...
Confused me because I couldn't figure out why Microsoft was releasing bug reports for openoffice. (Aside from the obvious conspiracy theory that Microsoft would be trying to make the competition look bad)
...without either e-mail from RedHat about a bug or news from MS about one. Lucky me, today I have both.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
1.SuSE
2.Red Hat
3.Mandrake
4.Debian
5.Gentoo
I thought Visual Basic was a flaw!
"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
"This looks like another story to laugh and mock MS. In reality, it is you zealots that look like mormons."
That doesn't make any sense. A Linux zealot can't even get a date, let alone several wives!
How are you going to keep them down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus?
I'm thinking MS could save a whole lot of time if they'd just get rid of the network and user input drivers!
for all my fellow IT guys (and girls).......PATCHERS, start your engines!!
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read... "do whatever the fuck they want"
heh.
"if i'd known it was harmless, i'd have killed it myself"
Welcome to the family, WS2K3!
Get a couple of friends together.
Each person throws in a buck.
Each person guesses when the next security patch will be released by Microsoft.
Wait for next patch (This will not take long).
Winner takes all the money.
Start over.
And how long until the entire operating system, and all the Microsoft applications, are all just patches?
It should be a lot easier to pirate a copy of Windows when you can reconstruct the entire operating system by downloading patches directly from MS, and piecing them together like legos.
Slashdot Syndrome: the sudden, extreme urge to correct someone in order to validate one's self.
The difference between Linux and Windows that the original poster was obviously referring to is this:
Linux consists of 99%+ functionality patches
Windows consists of 182%+(*) security patches, many of which, unfortunately, have security issues
(*) Totals exceed 100% due to previous patches getting patched for new security issues.
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Maybe Microsoft has started offering their developers $20 for each security fix...
didn't make "our products will not kill customers and burn down buildings" one of it's "top priorities"
think- where we would be then?
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The bluster worm
was that written by ballmer perchance.
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
I'd love to see ol' Borg Bill wearing a black patch over his other eye...
Thank you Microsoft, for keeping all of us Techical Support people employed. Without you, the other half of slashdot would be unemployed.
Software is O(1).
:-P
Because I have like 357 hotfixes in that list now.
Damn, it's going to take me about 5 minutes to scroll down to uninstall any software that starts with a "Y" or "Z"
"Woo-hoo! I'm gonna write me a new minivan this afternoon!"
Oh come on, at lease be fair. I can't believe you are modded insightful....I'd say funny. If you think linux patches are all functionality, then you don't work with Linux. The real difference between linux and windows is that you have a 99.9% better chance of getting modded up if you bash Microsoft patches than if you were to say something truly interesting.
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Maybe MummyOS, by this time you don't see any skin, is all patches and bandages.
MICROSOFT ADMITS SOMETHIN ELSE IS WRONG
In todays news Microsoft has been forced to admit their operating system suck yet again! Microsoft engineer Billy Joe Bob is quoted sayin "Welp we done found yet anouther bug in the werks and we are gunna just fix this right up fer ya".
Users are asked to visit Microsoft's site where they will be able to get an update. Users will only be required to tell Microsfot what's on their hard drive and why they have a dual boot setup with an unidentifiable operating system. Users will also have to agree to love Microsoft through the next three upgrade cycles.
See the Pictures of the Flood of '08
I didn't know that Linus decided to integrate sendmail, php, LinuxNode, an Amateur Packet Radio Node program, perl, up2date (Red Hat), pam_smb, vmware, horde MTA, gdm, Mindi, eroaster, Gallery, and atari800 into the offical Linux kernal. Is this the new Mega Supersized Linux Macrokernal?
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A nice quote from KOMO, a station in Seattle (next door to Redmond for those that are unfamiliar with the area).
Hey!
Patching Windows is *GOOD* (as in doubleplus) for the economy!
Just think of all the computer techs "steppin & fetchin" right now patching up all the M$ boxes around the world. Right now they are busier than Santa's elves on Christmas eve.
All that overtime is boosting the enconomy man!
And as they drive around, they spread the wealth, from spending those big, fat paychecks on upgrading to Windows XP! And as they drive around patching systems, the stop and spend a dollar or two at McD's, a bag of Cheetos, a soda, you name it.
Yep, patching Windows definatly is a BIG BOOST to the economy and it's a good Homeland Defense exercise.
> Maybe MummyOS, by this time you don't see any skin, is all patches and bandages.
And is apparently unkillable, and spreads plagues throughout its environment.
Is there some sort of ANSI standard-Strip-club-naming-convention that I'm not aware of?
philcrissman.com.
Well that last one is certainly good to know. If my information is going to be disclosed I'd certainly prefer that it be my random information rather than my much more valuable, um, organized information.
I'm wondering if there are not a team of "Mitigation Specialists" at Microsoft charged with coming up with these things. I think this is something I could handle pretty well. I think I'll send them a resume.
Here is a sample of my work:
Mitigating Factors:
* User must have not only installed Windows and Office, but actually be using these products for any harm to, or exposer of user data to occur.
~*~ Small pets, farm animals, or other domesticated wildlife will not be harmed by the use of these products, even if human user fails to exercise due caution.
*# Extra-Terrestrial life-forms are completely safe even when in the same room as an operating Windows environment.
I really think I could come up with a lot of these. How about you? Do you have a future as a Microsoft Mitigation Specialist?
I loved the article over at NewScientist (here)
A Microsoft spokeswoman told New Scientist the risk was lessened by the fact that exploiting any of the vulnerabilities would require a victim to open a document or carry out some other active task. She added: "We don't know of any worms being created."
Uh...Open a document? You mean like an email with the attached virus/worm that says: "Here is the document you requested"?
Sigh...Damage control must be getting lazy or something.
Sig it.
He did so because he saw how successfull Microsoft was after integrating VBA and the Office programs in the XP kernel.
Programming can be fun again. Film at 11.
Yeah, but where are you going to get old, unpatched and nonupdated, Windows 3.1 code that still lurks in the heart of Windows XP?