Scarecrow Man Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 The software maker's confirmation follows public disclosure of the vulnerability by a private security researcher who goes by the moniker "badpack3t."In an advisory posted at SecurityProtocols.com, the researcher described the issue as a remote kernel denial-of-service flaw affecting XP SP2, with the default firewall turned on."I have been working with Microsoft to get a patch out for this. I notified them 5/4/2005 about the flaw, and they have been working on it since then. Microsoft told me the patch was going to be released in August," he added in the advisory.Security alerts aggregator Secunia Inc. has flagged the issue as "moderately critical" and confirmed the reports that the integrated firewall does not protect against the flaw.eweek.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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