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IE Flaw Puts Windows XP SP2 At Risk

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the double-your-pleasure dept.

Zigor writes "CNET is reporting that a new flaw has been discovered in Internet Explorer that could enable a remote attack on systems running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, eEye Digital Security has warned. The discovery of this IE flaw comes just over a month after Microsoft issued a cumulative patch addressing three vulnerabilities for IE. The new IE flaw also adds to another vulnerability, discovered last month, that affects systems using Windows XP SP2."

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  1. You're kidding! by wealthychef · · Score: 5, Funny

    A security flaw in Internet Explorer! Stop the presses! Oh my God! This is such BIG NEWS!

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  2. Re:Looks like... by baadger · · Score: 5, Funny

    2b || !2b =?

    true... true.

  3. The Real News by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think the real news is not the fact that there is a new vulnerability, but that (from the second link) there are still 12 unpatched vulnerabilities allowing remote or arbitrary code execution found by one organisation. The oldest of these was reported in March.

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  4. The Bug is Fixed: Download Patch Here by Chromodromic · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can download the patch below. They've done, actually, an impressive job with it because, by way of a "peace offering" to the Web community, they've incorporated quite a large number of features from IE7 and future releases far earlier than expected.

    The changes are actually pretty dramatic, with even some significant alterations to the UI and a number of fixes to the bookmarks system. Enjoy.

    http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

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