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Microsoft Warns of a Serious SQL Server Flaw

Rohit — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:10:38 +0000

Now again! Another problem with Microsoft !!!
Microsoft is warning customers of a remote code execution vulnerability affecting certain versions of SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 that hackers/miscreants could use to gain elevated privileges and create all kinds of problems to the affected systems and thus to their users.
In a security bulletin, Microsoft said the flaw affects :

SQL Server 2000
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE)
Windows Internal Database (WYukon).

Systems running SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4 and SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 aren’t affected, according to Microsoft.

Security researcher Bernhard Mueller of SEC Consulting published details of the SQL Server flaw on Dec. 9, after initially notifying Microsoft of the vulnerability in April.

According to SEC Consulting’s advisory, Microsoft claimed to have developed a fix for the issue in September, but didn’t offer details on when it would be released.

Mueller’s last contact with Microsoft was Sept. 29, and the researcher made three additional attempts to contact the company before going public with the exploit. Microsoft didn’t include a fix for the SQL Server flaw in its most recent Patch Tuesday release on Dec. 9.

Microsoft said in the bulletin that it’s aware that exploit code for the vulnerability is circulating online, but isn’t aware of any active exploits. Microsoft is continuing to investigate, and is advising customers to disable the “sp_replwritetovarbin” procedure as a workaround.

“Upon completion of this investigation, Microsoft will take the appropriate action to protect our customers, which may include providing a solution through a service pack, our monthly security update release process or an out-of-cycle security update, depending on customer needs,” Microsoft said in the bulletin.

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Personal Servers for Home use!

Rohit — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:12:52 +0000

Microsoft comes up with something different now (of course to make money..).Guess What? A full fledged Server for your Home.The Windows Home Server. This server is like any other industrial level server with hard disks an powerful processor but with a homely touch..Instead of holding business data and information, it serves pictures,videos and other home related stuff to the family members connected to the server through mobiles ,computers or other devices . It serves a secure website which is provided by Microsoft and all the data(pictures videos,and other fun moments of the family and friends) are available on that website to the family users any where any time…It comes with easy to run interface nad operating system based on the Windows server 2003 kernel.

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Rohit — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:45:24 +0000

Microsoft comes with a new strategy to tackle piracy .In china it came up with “Black screen of Death” which would turn any system screen black which fails the Microsoft validation test for genuine Software like Operating systems. China has strongly condemned it and has sued Microsoft for such behavior .

A Chinese lawyer has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft for installing Windows Genuine Advantage on his computer. He has asked the Ministry of Public Security to file criminal charges against Microsoft.

Dong Zhengwei accused the company of hacking into people’s computers. He said: “I respect the right of Microsoft to protect its intellectual property but it is taking on the wrong target with wrong measures.

“They should target producers and sellers of fake software, not users. The authorities should take action to protect citizens’ property and privacy rights,” he continued

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