The Story of a Microsoft Patch

buckethead writes "eWeek is running a story about a security patch from Microsoft that failed to adequately address a denial-of-service flaw on CSRSS (Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem), the user-mode part of the Win32 subsystem. It stems from a research paper from Argeniss that discusses how Microsoft only patched one path to the vulnerable function, but they forgot to do proper research to identify all the paths." From the article: "The problem was that Microsoft didn't patch the vulnerable function; they just added some validation code before the call to the vulnerable function, but what Microsoft missed was that the vulnerable function can be reached from different paths and the validation code was added on just one of them"

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It's no wonder...

[Anonymous Coward]

A Microsoft Microsoft patch? That's the worst kind!

Movie Deal

[jettoki]

From TFA:
It's being called the "story of a dumb patch."

Soon to be a 200-part epic, starring John Goodman as Steve Balmer.
Coming to a Windows Vista box near you!

Hey ...

[b3x]

At least they tried! And mommy says thats what counts.

The Story of a Microsoft Patch

[AthenianGadfly]

The Story of a Microsoft Patch
A Tragedy in Three Acts

Re:Liability

[Lillesvin]

[...] just like pizza: do you use to pay for pizza after or before you ate it?

Usually the delivery boy won't let go of the damn box until I hand him the money.

Deja vu

[HangingChad]

Microsoft Microsoft only patched one path to the vulnerable function

It's a glitch in the Matrix. It usually means they've changed something...

health care coverge and the patch

[goombah99]

Is a microsoft patch anything like one of those Nicotine patches that help you stop smoking? If so I wonder if my health care will cover it. I'd like to slap one of those on asses of my co-workers and help get them off their addiction to microsoft.

I guess one might consider Linux to be sort of a methadone. Something that hels you with your cravings for the bad stuff, but ultimately leaves you without that satsifying high.

Personally I useto OSX, but I'm not addicted. I could stop anytime I want to. I just don't want to that's all. Now excuse me while I watch the Genie effect a few times before I send this.