Re: New Microsoft security bulletins today

[Joshua Levitsky <jlevitsk () joshie com>]

On Oct 15, 2003, at 3:06 PM, Jerry Heidtke wrote:

> Microsoft just issued 7 new security bulletins: 5 for various Windows
> version and 2 for Exchange.
>
> Six are rated "critical", one is "important". Just to refresh your
> memory, a critical vulnerability is one that can be exploited remotely
> and automatically (such as by a worm) and gives complete system 
> control.
> An important vulnerability is one can be exploited remotely and gives
> complete system control, but cannot be exploited automatically or
> without some user action.

Ah what's to worry about. Exploits against Exchange / OWA / Messenger 
Service / Authenticode / Active X  can't harm anyone. :) Bring em on.

Luckily I deployed my SUS boxes at work and all I had to do to deploy 
the patches was check a few little boxes on my SUS servers.

--
Joshua Levitsky, CISSP, MCSE
System Engineer
AOL Time Warner
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