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New Batch of XP SP2 Holes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the yet-again dept.

terap writes "Microsoft has acknowledged that it is working on a patch for a potentially serious security hole in the 'Remote Desktop' feature. It affects fully patched versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2, even with the integration firewall turned on. There is a possibility this could lead to code execution attacks."

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  1. A patch for XP? by intmainvoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    That'd be longhorn then.

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  2. Heh by mcc · · Score: 4, Funny
    The software maker's confirmation follows public disclosure of the vulnerability by a private security researcher who goes by the moniker "badpack3t."
    I'm sorry, I can't read past that point in the article. I'm laughing too hard.
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  3. An entirely new approach by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    It has been years now, and Microsoft's solution to plugging this has never worked. How about an entirely new approach?

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  4. Re:This is news-worthy because...? by lakcaj · · Score: 5, Funny


    You must be new here.

  5. Monty Python's Crashing Windows by PakProtector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Father: They told me I was daft to build Windows, but I built it anyway! It was full of flaws and suffered horrible exploits.

    Father: So I built another Windows! It was full of flaws and suffered horrible exploits.

    Father: So I built a third Windows. It was full of flaws and suffered horrible exploits and the Remote Desktop Feature could be hijacked causing it to crash.

    Father: So I built a Forth Windows! And it had DRM! And that's what you're going to be inheriting lad! The most bloated, useless feature, locked-out OS in these here lands!

    Son: But mothe-

    Father: I'm your father!

    Son: But father... I don't want any of that.

    Father: Well what do you want?!

    Son: I want... something... bug free... and... fre-...

    Father: Hey! Hey, now! They're be none of that!

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    1. Re:Monty Python's Crashing Windows by richie2000 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Couldn't you have him start off with the Free Software Song while the Father jumps in and stops him? :-D

      - One day lad, all this will be yours!
      - Wot, the curtains?
      - No, the Windows!

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  6. That's why I connect to my 2k3 server first, by b00m3rang · · Score: 2, Funny

    then RDP into my desktop machine. If only one of the two systems is vulnerable to a particular attack, you still won't be able to get into both (or either) system.

  7. Have to remember that phrase by imsabbel · · Score: 3, Funny

    "private security researcher" sounds really that much more educated and important then a mere "hacker"...

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