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No Fix for Word Next 'Patch Tuesday'

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-cool-nobody-uses-word-anyway dept.

Sktea writes "A spokesman for Microsoft has said that they will issue no patches on the next 'Patch Tuesday' for versions of Word vulnerable to the recent zero-day threat. There is no mention whatsoever of the omission in the latest advance notification at the company's security site." From the article: "The software maker is working on a security update, but apparently needs more time. The company did not specify how many flaws Tuesday's updates will address or in which components of Windows the holes lie. The Visual Studio update could offer a patch for a zero-day vulnerability in the developer tools that was made public last month. "

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  1. Does this mean a new catch phrase? by zappepcs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are we going to start calling them zero-week or zero-month vulnerabilities?

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    1. Re:Does this mean a new catch phrase? by meclamar · · Score: 4, Funny

      How about zero-fix vulnerabilities?

  2. Popeye by spidkit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wimpey: "I will gladly fix it on Tuesday."

  3. Ok, bad guys, you heard 'em: they need more time!! by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 2, Funny
    "The software maker is working on a security update, but apparently needs more time..."

     
    So be nice and give 'em a few extra days to come up with some patches (it's the sporting thing to do!!) After all, all that innovation makes it tough to respond quickly to threats to their legacy apps!!
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  4. Shucks by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny
    A spokesman for Microsoft has said that they will issue no patches on the next 'Patch Tuesday' for versions of Word vulnerable to the recent zero-day threat.

    And why should they? The devs are still trying to finish Twilight Princess on the Wii, goshdarnit. Leave them be! The users can last without opening any attachments from anybody for a little while longer, right?
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  5. Re:uninsightful by LearnToSpell · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somebody forgot to turn on his sarcasm detector this morning...

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  6. Re:I'm not at all surprised or unhappy by db32 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Typo Notifaction Post

    Typed: ", the world isn't perfect."
    Corrected ", Word isn't perfect."

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  7. Here's how we get it fixed. by nobodyman · · Score: 3, Funny
    Here's how we get microsoft to act. Let's just tweak the headlines a bit, from:
    New Zero-day Attack Affects Word Users


    To:
    New Zero-day Attack Circumvents Zune DRM


    There, much better. I guarantee Microsoft will release a patch *immediately*.
  8. Re:uninsightful by LeedsSideStreets · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sarcasm detector... that's a real useful invention. [explosion]


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