Quotes from various news about the newest flaw in the Corporate 'Winblowz'(I actually have nothing against them, but it is fun to say it) 2003 Server - The press is using words like CRITICAL FLAW, RIPE FOR ATTACK, VULNERABILITY IN DESIGN...but it gets kind of silly since this happens regularly, heh. OMG THE WORMS ARE ATTACKING!!! sorry for yelling...
"By sending too much data to the RPC process, an attacker can cause the system to grant full access to the system."
"The critical RPC flaw in Windows, in theory, shouldn't be a major issue, but it likely will be, experts say."
"....MS patch...or by blocking the TCP port -- port 135 -- used by RPC."
"...the Polish research group that found the vulnerability to withhold the exploit code its members created."
"Microsoft is well into the second year of its Trustworthy Computing initiative. Aimed at boosting customers' trust..."
Full articles can be found at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/16/HNmswarning_1.html
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31134.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1026420.html
"By sending too much data to the RPC process, an attacker can cause the system to grant full access to the system."
"The critical RPC flaw in Windows, in theory, shouldn't be a major issue, but it likely will be, experts say."
"....MS patch...or by blocking the TCP port -- port 135 -- used by RPC."
"...the Polish research group that found the vulnerability to withhold the exploit code its members created."
"Microsoft is well into the second year of its Trustworthy Computing initiative. Aimed at boosting customers' trust..."
Full articles can be found at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/16/HNmswarning_1.html
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31134.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1026420.html
