Scarthy © ® ™ Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Hi all ;),Just when you thought it was safe...Following last week's MSBlast worm attack, security experts at Microsoft and other firms are worried that a recently discovered vulnerability in DirectX could cause even more problemsMicrosoft seems to have survived the MSBlast worm attack, but now the company is urging Windows users to patch their systems against a different, potentially more dangerous, vulnerability in its software.Even though most businesses have installed the patch for MSBlast, there is another vulnerability that could completely overshadow last week's events. On 23 July Microsoft posted a security bulletin on its Web site that describes a "critical" vulnerability in DirectX. According to Microsoft, unprotected systems could be at the mercy of an attacker by simply playing a midi file or visiting a malicious Web page.The danger comes, says Microsoft, in a component of DirectX that relies on a library file called quartz.dll, which is used by a number of applications -- including Internet Explorer -- to play midi files. A specially designed midi file could cause a buffer overflow error and either pass control of the system to an attacker, cause damage to the system or use the system to set off another MSBlast-type attack.View - Microsoft Security Bulletin - MS03-030.Full News Story - HERE.Found - HERE.Note: DirectX 9.0b has been released at the same time as this security bulletin and contains the security fix discussed in the security bulletin. DirectX 9.0b can be installed on all versions of Windows except Windows NT 4.0.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Many thanks, just downloading it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Downloaded and installed. What puzzle me is why we have to rely on observant people like you to spot these downloads, why aren't they in windows update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted August 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 I know, it's a pain when they are clearly 'Critical Updates' and you have to trawl around finding out about them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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