Microsoft investigates Windows 7 vulnerability

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• Denial-of-Service,
• SMB,
• Windows 7,
• Vulnerability

Elinor Mills CNET News

Published: 12 Nov 2009 10:17 GMT

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 Release 2, which could be used by an attacker to remotely crash a computer.

The company is investigating claims of a "possible denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Server Message Block (SMB)", a Microsoft spokesperson said, adding that the company was unaware of any attacks trying to exploit the hole.

The bug triggers an infinite loop on the SMB protocol used for sharing files in Windows, researcher Laurent Gaffié wrote in a post on the Full Disclosure mailing list and on a his blog.

For full story, see Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole on CNET News.

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