Microsoft Identifies, Patches Another Critical RPC Hole

Dynamoo writes "Microsoft have another critical vulnerability in the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 line of OSes, allowing a remote attacker to run arbitrary code. In other words, this probably carries about the same risk as the well-documented RPC hole exploited by MSBlaster and Nachi. A Knowledgebase article is also available. Given the experience of the RPC exploit, this probably gives administrators a couple of weeks to patch all the systems in their organisations. Again. Shucks, we haven't even finished patching the RPC flaw yet." You might want to keep your laptop's batteries charged; this NewsForge article suggests that the Blaster worm may have played a role in the August 14th blackout affecting the eastern U.S. Update: 09/10 20:41 GMT by T : Reader AcquaCow suggests that administrators with multiple machines to patch visit Microsoft's Software Update Services (whitepaper), a tool for "managing and distributing critical Windows patches."

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Box Of Crap

[Anonymous Coward]

That the Slashsnot "Mods" would mod the parent "flamebait" shows how much of a bunch of lame uneducated idiots they are.

Re:We need PUBLICITY, or no one will know or care.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ummm....that's like sort of already happening. Fucktard.

Microsoft is not finding these holes

[Anonymous Coward]

Trusworthy computing is NOT working. MS has the source code, but other people are finding the holes. This is a major problem. This would be ok if MS was finding the holes...they are supposedly looking hard for them. Hmmmm....lip service I guess.

Dr. Edward Teller, dead at 95

[Anonymous Coward]

Noted homicidal psycopath Edward Teller has been found dead in his San Diego apartment. There were few details available. Teller was the model for Stanely Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Reportedly, Kubrick toned down the character a bit, since nobody would believe that anyone could be that evil. Teller reportedly recommended noted astrophysist Bob Lazar for his first job with the shadow government because he "though his name sounded Hungarian". You may not have appreciated the prospect of being incinerated by a hydrogen fusion hellfire, but still, he was a batshit crazy evil motherfucker.

Are you SURE he's dead? Put another bullet in him.

Re:Todays /. Summary

[Henry V .009]

Amazing. You got away with "thieving gypsies." Good thing that they are not an 'approved' victim group. You know enough to aviod such terms as "greedy Jews" or "lazy Negros" because that would be wrong. With Gypsies it is all in good fun.

Re:Todays /. Summary

[Anonymous Coward]

How people mod you "funny" is truly beyond me. You are seriously disabled in the comic departement and, in my opinion, a fucking waste of sperm. Please fuck off and die. Thank you.

Re: Windows Update breaks things

[frankie]

shouldn't assume that a solution that works for you at home will scale up to a production environment. Windows update breaks things.

for those saying they don't trust Microsoft to fix their systems, I have one question: If you don't trust this company, why did you give it your money?

Re:Todays /. Summary

[micromoog]

Interesting corollary: using the verb "to gyp" is, strictly speaking, racist, given its roots.

Re:Fine journalism

[1010011010]

the [network traffic caused by the latest Windows-only] worm crashed a Unix server.

Wow. Windows can crash other operating systems, in addition to itself. Sweet.

Re:Been there, done that...

[Anonymous Coward]

Jesus. You run out of arguments, so you bring up shit from that long ago? Thats pathetic.