HTTP:: Windows 7 RTM Safe from Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Vulnerabilities
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Not only is Windows 7 RTM not affected by the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol 2.0 critical zero-day vulnerability, but the latest iteration of the Windows client is also safe from a range of vulnerabilities impacting previous Windows releases. Microsoft released five security bulletins on September 8, 2009, addressing a total of eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Server. However, the lucky few that are already running the gold versions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 don’t have to apply a single patch. The same is in no way valid for users of older versions of Windows, who are advised to download and deploy the security updates as soon as possible. According to Jerry Bryant, senior security program manager for Microsoft, the five bulletins, which are all rated Critical, are designed to bulletproof Windows machines against two types of threats, namely browser-based and network-based attacks. In this first case, the malicious code is hosted on malform!
ed websites, while in the latter, exploits can come over the network attempting Remote Code Execution (RCE) or Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. Windows Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 contains vulnerabilities patched by no less than four of the total five patch packages released by Microsoft. In this regard, customers need to patc...
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