, SecurityFocus 2005-09-13
Microsoft's decision to cancel a security fix after finding problems with the patch has security experts questioning whether waiting for the fix to come next month might leave them open to attack.
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This is untrue. It is being tended and tested adequetly. I'm sure we would all prefer them to rush it out and down our servers.
"The few details that the software giant has provided--the flaw is a critical bug in Windows and does not require a reboot to fix--will not likely help would-be flaw finders to narrow their search. If the company had actually released a flawed patch, attackers could have reverse engineered the fix to find the original flaw. Since no real details of the issue were published, however, there is little danger, a spokesperson for the software giant said."
The chances of it being found are slim as Microsoft is being vague on information. There is nothing to panic about. A bad patch would have been.
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