Microsoft working on fix for Windows 7 SMB hole
Published: 16 Nov 2009 14:59 GMT
Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in the Server Message Block file-sharing protocol in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used to remotely crash a computer.
The software giant had said on Wednesday it was looking at the bug, discovered by researcher Laurent Gaffié, who published proof-of-concept code on a blog.
"Microsoft is aware of public, detailed exploit code that would cause a system to stop functioning or become unreliable. If exploited, this [denial-of-service] vulnerability would not allow an attacker to take control of, or install malware on, the customer's system but could cause the affected system to stop responding until manually restarted," Dave Forstrom, group manager for public relations at Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, said in a statement. "It is important to note that the default firewall settings on Windows 7 will help block attempts to exploit this issue."
For more on this story, see Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole on CNET News.
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