Re: Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!

["Geoff Shively" <gshively () pivx com>]

Benjamin,
Check the conditions pivx lists here:
http://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html to make sure its being executed as
we did.

This has been reported by over 100 users, and duplicated by PivX lab monekys
on Window2k 95 and 98.

thanks,
-geoff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Bodenheim" <benjamin.bodenheim () med nyu edu>
To: "Geoff Shively" <gshively () pivx com>; <bugtraq () securityfocus com>
Cc: "Focus on Microsoft Mailing List" <FOCUS-MS () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!


: I have no problem just tested it out and it works
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Geoff Shively" <gshively () pivx com>
: To: <bugtraq () securityfocus com>
: Cc: "Focus on Microsoft Mailing List" <FOCUS-MS () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
: Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:58 AM
: Subject: Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!
:
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: > What classic MS, their newest critical alert dealing with the Gopher
Root
: > Vulnerability discussed on Security Focus last week
: > [http://online.securityfocus.com/news/464] seems to break windows media
: > player.
: >
: > Is there any validity to this- and, does their fix work?
: >
: > More info on the microsoft critical alert:
: >
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
: > bulletin/MS02-027.asp
: > More info on the breakage: http://www.pivx.com/workaround_fail.html
: >
: > -masqitz
: >
: >
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