New MS Patches Moderate Risks Only
Here in the northwestern United States, temperates are getting warmer but the virus season so far remains lukewarm. Korgo.F has turned out to be a very weak medium risk virus. With the exclusion of a few Trojan horse spammings here and there, no new threat has obtained major spread. The Netskys and Sassers of the world are still out there, and users should still remain on their toes for them even for older worms. Also, everyone should update their computer using Windows Update as soon as possible. However, none of these vulnerabilities are very high risk.
The first, MS04-016 (DirectPlay) affects systems using DirectX 7, 8, and 9. It could allow for a Denial of Service attack. More information can be found here. The second, MS04-017 (Crystal Reports) affects Visual Studio .NET 2003, Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager, and Microsoft Business Solutions CRM 1.2. The full details about this update can be found here.
Posted
Jun 08 2004, 07:42 PM
by
trafton