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Microsoft issues first patch for OS which hasn’t shipped yet
Posted by Rich on January 16, 2006 in Technology | ∞
Microsoft has promised that Windows Vista, the new but long-delayed major update to Windows, will not have security problems. They’re not off to a good start, as they’ve had to issue their first patch.
So much for Vista being a major rewrite:
A Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK that the Vista patches address the same vulnerability that led to the WMF (Windows Metafile) malware attacks earlier this month.
Microsoft’s out-of-cycle security update for the WMF vulnerability makes no mention of Windows Vista being vulnerable, but with the release of this weekend’s patches it is clear that the poorly designed “SetAbortProc,” the function that allows printing jobs to be cancelled, was ported over to Vista.