Microsoft bug alarm in word


	Microsoft bug alarm in word

hotdoge3

3-24-2008 2:58 AM

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3 year's to fix

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<A href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Microsoft+Corporation" title="Microsoft Corporation">Microsoft Corp.</A> yesterday warned of a critical vulnerability that affects users of Word running on <A href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Microsoft+Windows+2000" title="Microsoft Windows 2000">Windows 2000</A>, XP and Server 2003 SP1 -- several weeks after one security company first reported an exploit and a day after a second vendor confirmed ongoing attacks. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9070840&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top"><P> Florio also noted that there are at least two unpatched bugs in Jet that have been exploited by hackers. One of those bugs was reported three years ago. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9070840&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top"><P> Although Microsoft downplayed the threat, spokesman Bill Sisk confirmed that a patch was on the way. "We currently have teams working to develop an update of appropriate quality for release in our regularly scheduled bulletin process or as an out-of-band update, depending on customer impact," he said in a <A target="_blank" href="http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/03/21/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-950627.aspx">post</A> to the Microsoft Security Response Center's blog. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9070840&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top"><P> Until a fix is available, Microsoft said users and IT administrators could disable Jet or block .mdb files at the gateway. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/79AD1088-F4CC-41F5-822C-75B32BB70709/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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