I agree, there is a problem with that because most Microsoft patches are updating a dll. So if your are not looking for both you dont have an accurate check.

I know this first hand from writing crappy Microcrap perl patch auditing tools.

~!>D

Joao Gouveia wrote:

I can't say about Retina, but nessus only seams to check the existence
of the hotifx by looking at the registry.


JG

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 09:02, Philippe wrote:


Note that nessus or retina should (not tested) detect remotely that flaw.

See nessus pluging source for exploit ;-):
- http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=12052

Or update your security scanners
- http://www.nessus.org
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Products/Retina/index.html

Hope this helps
Regards

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