Bugs And Its Fixes: Stymie Malicious Media, And The Network Attacks Involved

27th October 2009

Essential operating system fixes are really big this month. The fans of free software have to upÂ¬Â¬date their Firefox and also the OpenOffice copies. Apple's QuickTime player's 7.6.4 update has revised the program's handling of the .fpx, .mov, and also of the .mp4 files on Windows XP, Vista, 7, or Mac OS X (in which Snow Leopard is not included). In the QuickTime, you can click on Helpâ€¢Update Existing Software to make sure that you have the version 7.6.4. The patch of Microsoft plugs a security hole in a way that the Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and the Server 2008 (excluding Windows 7) processes the .asf or the .mp3 media files. Microsoft's Security Bulletin MS09-047 contains many vulnerable combinations of the Windows Media Format Runtime and the operating system versions; that run Windows Update to ensue that you have had the fix. The Windows Vista OS and the Server 2008 both are vulnerable to several flaws of network based security. A SMBv2 file sharing hole can allow a reÂ¬Â¬mote attacker to take over the machine. Microsoft has not yet released such a patch, but it has posted a Fix It to disable the SMBv2. File sharing can work with this fix, but it can be slow.