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Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Microsoft Patch Problems Continue
Windows users continue to experience problems with Microsoft's latest round of security patches. This time a problem with a critical patch relating to Microsoft's DirectShow streaming media software is leaving some
Windows 2000 users unprotected, even after they've installed a patch.
Windows 2000 users who have installed Microsoft DirectX version 8 or 9 may not have actually fixed their software by installing Microsoft Security Update MS05-050, Microsoft said in a statement posted Thursday to the company's Web site.
The patch, called an "update" by Microsoft, was released October 11 as part of the company's monthly security software fixes. It addresses a problem in DirectShow that could allow an attacker to seize control of an unpatched system. The attacker would first need to trick a user into visiting a Web page via maliciously coded Web content--a banner advertisement, for example--in order for this to happen, Microsoft said.
No Notification
The problem with the patch is that users of Microsoft DirectX 8 or 9 who may have accidentally installed the patch written for DirectX 7 will still be subject to the underlying vulnerability, and they will not be notified of this fact, the statement said.
Only a "limited" number of customers have been affected by this problem; customers who received Update MS05-050 automatically or who correctly followed the steps in Microsoft's security bulletin will not be affected, Microsoft said in a statement provided by its public relations agency.
This is the second problem Microsoft has had with the October 11 patches. Last week some users ran into a variety of technical problems when they attempted to install a separate Security Update, MS05-051.
Directions for determining whether or not a Windows 2000 system has been correctly updated can be found here.
Microsoft executives were not available to comment on this story.
Article submitted by: Webshark
Last Update: 10-22-2005
Category: Security
Microsoft Patch Problems Continue
Windows users continue to experience problems with Microsoft's latest round of security patches. This time a problem with a critical patch relating to Microsoft's DirectShow streaming media software is leaving some
Windows 2000 users unprotected, even after they've installed a patch.
Windows 2000 users who have installed Microsoft DirectX version 8 or 9 may not have actually fixed their software by installing Microsoft Security Update MS05-050, Microsoft said in a statement posted Thursday to the company's Web site.
The patch, called an "update" by Microsoft, was released October 11 as part of the company's monthly security software fixes. It addresses a problem in DirectShow that could allow an attacker to seize control of an unpatched system. The attacker would first need to trick a user into visiting a Web page via maliciously coded Web content--a banner advertisement, for example--in order for this to happen, Microsoft said.
No Notification
The problem with the patch is that users of Microsoft DirectX 8 or 9 who may have accidentally installed the patch written for DirectX 7 will still be subject to the underlying vulnerability, and they will not be notified of this fact, the statement said.
Only a "limited" number of customers have been affected by this problem; customers who received Update MS05-050 automatically or who correctly followed the steps in Microsoft's security bulletin will not be affected, Microsoft said in a statement provided by its public relations agency.
This is the second problem Microsoft has had with the October 11 patches. Last week some users ran into a variety of technical problems when they attempted to install a separate Security Update, MS05-051.
Directions for determining whether or not a Windows 2000 system has been correctly updated can be found here.
Microsoft executives were not available to comment on this story.
Article submitted by: Webshark
Last Update: 10-22-2005
Category: Security
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