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Microsoft Windows WINS Vulnerability |
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Tuesday, 30 November 2004
by Michel Roth
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A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows WINS has been reported. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, however due to the nature of WINS remote exploitation is not likely.
Currently, there is no hotfix available but MS has provided a "work-around" (blocking WINS or removing it).
One would hope a hotfix will be made available trough Decembers updates together with an hotfix for another unpatched vulnerability for which exploits and viruses are in the wild.
Read the advisory about the WINS vulnerability here.
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