RSSPowerPoint Flaw to be Fixed August 8
By the Betanews Staff | Published July 17, 2006, 6:53 PM
Microsoft issued an advisory Monday, warning customers of a security vulnerability in PowerPoint that was disclosed last week. The Redmond company plans to make a fix available as part of its monthly security updates on August 8, but may release a patch sooner if warranted.
"In order for this attack to be carried out, a user must first open a malicious PowerPoint document attached to an e-mail or otherwise provided to them by an attacker," Microsoft said, adding that it "is concerned that new reports of a vulnerability in PowerPoint were not disclosed responsibly, potentially putting computer users at risk. We continue to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities."
Only 22 More Days to Get Your Exploits In, Folks!
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!
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clearly not on their july "todo" list. =p
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"We continue to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities."
The reporters continue to encourage responsible timely patches of vulnerabilities. Then when you ignore them, they force the issue by releasing the details to the public.
It's preferable to keeping everything quiet while hackers find it and exploit it, with no patch in sight.
Actually, I wonder how well this fits the description of some of the "zero day" exploits we've been hearing about... what if they're not really undiscovered, but MS was being slow in patching them when the hackers found them...
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hehe, I like the title, versus what Microsoft states.
If mass worm breaks out, MS, we know you'll be there to send us a patch that may or may not work, also, right?
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