Security Flaw Found In Vista Kernel

Iria · Nov 24, 2008, 02:57 AM

When pimping Windows Vista prior to its release, Microsoft called it "the most secure OS ever." Of course, software is just software, and there are bugs in anything. And on Friday, security firm Phion AG announced they had discovered a TCP/IP stack buffer overflow.
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Source: Tech-Ex

BlueMak · Nov 24, 2008, 10:07 AM

Only Tech-Ex would be happy about this.

ExitiosuS · Nov 24, 2008, 02:40 PM

Not bad that it took them nearly 3 years... lol

Nov 24, 2008, 02:57 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Security Flaw Found In Vista Kernel When pimping Windows Vista prior to its release, Microsoft called it "the most secure OS ever." Of course, software is just software, and there are bugs in anything. And on Friday, security firm Phion AG announced they had discovered a TCP/IP stack buffer overflow. _______________ Source: Tech-Ex

Nov 24, 2008, 10:07 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,478 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Security Flaw Found In Vista Kernel Only Tech-Ex would be happy about this. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 24, 2008, 02:40 PM	#3
ExitiosuS Simian Masterpiece! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ont. Canada Posts: 358 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Security Flaw Found In Vista Kernel Not bad that it took them nearly 3 years... lol