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Unpatched IE Flaw Extremely Critical

Posted by Zonk on from the get-the-lead-out dept.

Durinthal writes "The biggest blip on the security radar over the Thanksgiving holiday was the realization by the security community that an Internet Explorer problem first identified six months ago was a lot worse than it appeared, as what appeared to be only a DoS vulnerability also allows for execution of arbitrary code. The realization caused Secunia to issue a rare 'Extremely Critical' advisory."

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  1. Obligatory Beatles-Beatles link. by Spazntwich · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://george-harrison.info/

    Yes, I am going to hell.

    1. Re:Obligatory Beatles-Beatles link. by TubeSteak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'm confused, he didn't submit this story ...oh well, here's his phone number anyways (718) 996-7672
      Hide Caller ID: #31# for GSM cell phones and *67 for everyone else
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    2. Re:Obligatory Beatles-Beatles link. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I just wanted to keep the trend going.

  2. xcvzxvzxc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    zcvxcvvxv

  3. Slashdot is loosing its edge. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This news is so old, my grandma doesn't remember it anymore.

    1. Re:Slashdot is loosing its edge. by Tackhead · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      > This news is so old, my grandma doesn't remember it anymore.

      In Korea, your grandma is the only person who needs this patch?

    2. Re:Slashdot is loosing its edge. by /ASCII · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This is simply more paid propaganda from Microsoft. They release this new and exciting flaw on the same day Firefox 1.5 is supposed to be released, simply as a way to steal the Mozilla foundations thunder(bird). It won't work, though, because among the many new and exciting features in FF 1.5 is a whole host of new security bugs, two of which will even be rated 'Megasuperultra critical' which is two whole levels above the 'Extremely critical' rating of the flaw in IE.

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  4. DUPE! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/22/135 2212

  5. Re:Yawn... by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Racism exists primarily in the minds of the left to give them relevance. The rest of us just get along.

    In case anyone wonders why the parent was moderated "Flamebait", this was the guy's sig just five minutes ago.

  6. Re:Is this a duplicate article? by grumpyman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or any security flaw on any software running on any platform?

  7. Re:Yawn... by dbc · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    More and more I'm coming to think that down-moderation just doesn't work here any more. It should be eliminated. People get down-modded for their sigs, not to mention: -1 conservative, -1 mature response, -1 voice of actual experience, -1 raw data I don't like, -1 uncomfortable real life example. We should only allow up-mods. Or at least make a down-mod cost 3 mod points or similar.

    The lack of critical thinking skills here is a sad commentary on modern society.

  8. Re:So what's the next level...? by 77Punker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    FATALITY!

  9. Re:So what's the next level...? by Phroggy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HEAD SHOT!

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  10. Re:So what's the next level...? by Vorx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HOLY SHIT!

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