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Programmer slip-up produces critical bug, Microsoft admits
Missed SMB 2 vulnerability in Vista, but found it in time to fix Windows 7
By Gregg Keizer
October 16, 2009 12:55 PM ET
Computerworld - Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that one of the critical network vulnerabilities it patched earlier in the week was due to a programming error on its part.
The flaw, one of 34 patched Tuesday in a massive security update, was in the code for SMB 2 (Server Message Block 2), a Microsoft-made network file- and print-sharing protocol that ships with Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.
More:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/913...icrosoft_admits
Missed SMB 2 vulnerability in Vista, but found it in time to fix Windows 7
By Gregg Keizer
October 16, 2009 12:55 PM ET
Computerworld - Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that one of the critical network vulnerabilities it patched earlier in the week was due to a programming error on its part.
The flaw, one of 34 patched Tuesday in a massive security update, was in the code for SMB 2 (Server Message Block 2), a Microsoft-made network file- and print-sharing protocol that ships with Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.
More:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/913...icrosoft_admits