Administrator Lite Posted September 9, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 9, 2009 Microsoft took the unusual step today and skipped patching one of the vulnerabilities addressed in its monthly security update, saying that crafting a fix was "infeasible."The omission leaves users running Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 (SP4) vulnerable to attack.Earlier today, Microsoft delivered five critical updates that patched eight vulnerabilities in Windows, including one that the company won't bother fixing in Windows 2000 Server SP4. The operating system's support doesn't end until July 2010; until then, Microsoft was supposed to provide updates."That's really strange," said Jason Miller, Security and Data Team Manager, Shavlik Technologies. "I haven't seen them do this before."Miller was referring to MS09-048 , the security update that patches a trio of vulnerabilities in Windows' implementation of TCP/IP, the Web's default suite of connection protocols. One of update's three vulnerabilities, the only one marked "critical," in fact, was patched in Vista and Server 2008, but not for Windows Server SP4."Microsoft is not issuing a patch for the vulnerability," continued Miller. "They're stating that creating a patch to address the vulnerability is 'infeasible to build.' With this in mind, a vulnerability that affects Windows 2000 is about to be made known and administrators cannot simply patch their machines."In the MS09-048 bulletin, Microsoft spelled out why it's not fixing the flaw in Windows 2000 SP4."The architecture to properly support TCP/IP protection does not exist on Microsoft Windows 2000 systems, making it infeasible to build the fix. To do so would require re-architecting a very significant amount of the Windows 2000 SP4 operating system, not just the affected component. The product of such a re-architecture effort would be sufficiently incompatible ... that there would be no assurance that applications designed to run on Windows 2000 SP4 would continue to operate on the updated system." View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Damn, laziness.. But on the other hand.. SWITCH to freaking 2003/2008 :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 @Haantjuh:Or switch to Windows 7 :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Owl Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Or switch to Windows 7 :PWill Windows 7 come in a server version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamamia Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Or switch to Windows 7 :PWill Windows 7 come in a server version?No there will be Windows Server 8. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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