Microsoft Recalls Botched Browser Security Patch

Microsoft Recalls Botched Browser Security Patch
Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes 2002-02-11

Package was to fix 'all known security flaws in Internet Explorer.'

Responsible Companies? 2002-02-11
John Prime

Responsible security researchers work with the vendor of a suspected vulnerability issue to ensure that countermeasures are developed before the issue is made public and customers are needlessly put at risk," said the company in a statement last month.

LOL

Responsible companies:

1) Test th...

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Microsoft Recalls Botched Browser Security Patch 2002-02-11
Anonymous (1 replies)

I'm confused. What was posted to the Windows Update site on Thursday. The article refers to the cumulative IE security fix and a KB# of Q316059.

SecBul MS01-058 was released on 12/13/01 as the cumulative security patch for IE and there hasn't been another IE security bulletin since.

Are thes...

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Microsoft Recalls Botched Browser Security Patch 2002-02-15
Anonymous

I couldn't tell you whether it ever was hooked into the Windows Update site, but the patch for security bulletin

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-005.asp

can be found here...

http://www.microsoft.com/security/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp

http://www.mi...

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