Critical Windows Update
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008If your OS is newer than Win2k then you need to update it with an out-of-band update from Microsoft. This update came down today and there doesn’t appear to be a whole lot of talk about it though it is rather odd that this came down on a day other than Patch Tuesday.
According to The Register Microsoft hasn’t released a patch outside of their regular schedule in 18 months.
In short that means roll this patch out ASAP and get it into testing and then production as rapidly as you can.
Microsoft’s information page says:
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. On Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 systems, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability without authentication to run arbitrary code. It is possible that this vulnerability could be used in the crafting of a wormable exploit. Firewall best practices and standard default firewall configurations can help protect network resources from attacks that originate outside the enterprise perimeter.
Note that this is a critical update and, as such, should be implemented as soon as possible.
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