"A" patch ..not "The" patch. There's a difference.. third party patches makes me unsupported. This too has to be weighed when deciding risk factors.
Gadi Evron wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote: > >> Jesper's Blog : More options on protecting against recent IE >> vulnerabilities on a domain: >> http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2006/09/22/More-options-on-protecting-against-the-VML-vulnerability-on-a-domain.aspx >> >> I like that option better. Leaves me supported and honestly I've not >> seen anything that I'm running that's used VML or freaked since I've >> done that? >> > > The patch is available, but if the workaround works for you, you should > definitely use that. All things being even, third party patches should be > a last resort. > > Gadi. > > >> Gadi Evron wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Bill Stout wrote: >>> >>> >>>> http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-be >>>> ing.html >>>> "This exploit can be mitigated by turning off Javascripting. >>>> >>>> Update: Turning off Javascripting is no longer a valid mitigation. A >>>> valid mitigation is unregistering the VML dll. " >>>> >>>> >>> There is, of course, the ZERT (Zeroday Emergency Response Team) patch, >>> available to those who choose to use it. >>> Along with source code, testing methodology, etc. >>> >>> Naturally a vendor patch is BETTER, this is merely an alternative that can >>> be used, right now, by those who choose to do so. >>> >>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2019162,00.asp >>> http://isotf.org/zert/ >>> >>> Richard wrote an interesting blog entry on it: >>> http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2006/09/zert-evolution.html >>> >>> >>> >>>> Bill Stout >>>> >>>> >>> Gadi. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? >> http://www.threatcode.com >> >> If you are a SBSer and you don't subscribe to the SBS Blog... man ... I will >> hunt you down... >> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs >> >> > > > -- Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? http://www.threatcode.com If you are a SBSer and you don't subscribe to the SBS Blog... man ... I will hunt you down... http://blogs.technet.com/sbs _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/