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>>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LL> just saw this piece of news on newsforge. i wonder how does
LL> this exploit potentially attack linux and unix users?
LL> ***
LL> Windows Vulnerability Could Lead To MSBlaster II
LL> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/27/0353239
LL> Exploit code that takes advantage of a recent Microsoft
LL> vulnerability is out in the wild and could prove as dangerous
LL> as this summer's MSBlaster worm if attackers decide to focus
LL> their efforts, security analysts said Friday. Released earlier
LL> this week, the exploit code -- which has been crafted to run
LL> not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and
LL> Unix boxes --crashes Windows systems not patched against a
LL> vulnerability released last week. The vulnerability, which
LL> Microsoft rated as 'Critical' when it released several
LL> bulletins in its first-ever monthly patch roundup, is in the
LL> Windows Messenger Service. Not to be confused with Windows
LL> Messenger, Microsoft's instant messaging platform, Windows
LL> Messenger Service is used by applications to communicate with
LL> each other, and often by enterprise network administrators to
LL> alert users of such things as impending server shutdowns or
LL> the unavailability of print servers.
I'd take the assertions about a single virus running on Winduhs, Linux
and Unix (what's that, anyway?) with large handfuls of salt. The
author needs either substantiate his/her claim with references or,
more likely, go off the crack for a while.
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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