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Zero-day WMF flaw underscores patch problems
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-12

For four days in January, network administrators and security-savvy home users had a choice: Download and install an unofficial open-source fix for the critical flaw in the Windows Meta File (WMF) format or wait an estimated week for an official patch from Microsoft.

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Re: The Squander of MS Admins && Users 2006-01-16
Anonymous
So... if open source is so leet and would've prevented this (like my Mum with 60,000 lines of C++ would've helped), why is Wine vulnerable?...

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