Critical Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-004

[Joe Gronlund]

Sorry for posting this hear, but i just received this from MS as a critical update.

Who should read this document: Customers who are using Microsoft® Internet Explorer

Impact of vulnerability: Remote Code Execution

Maximum Severity Rating: Critical

Recommendation: Systems administrators should apply the security update immediately.

Affected Software:

• Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 Service Pack 6a
• Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a
• Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Service Pack 6
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3, Service Pack 4
• Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
• Microsoft Windows Server® 2003
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/ms04-004.asp

[Floris]

Ok, patched.

[filburt1]

It must have been posted in the last few hours...several trips to Windows Update today didn't show anything new.

[dynamite]

Nothing new!?!?! Isn't there something new there about every 5 minutes. I just re-formated a machine the other day, and when I went to the updates, there were over 60 updates, 44 which were critical!!!

[Mr. HillBilly]

Nothing new!?!?! Isn't there something new there about every 5 minutes. I just re-formated a machine the other day, and when I went to the updates, there were over 60 updates, 44 which were critical!!!

44 in the period of 3-4 years.

[dynamite]

No, that is within the last month or so. I have to reformat machines pretty frequently, and there were not that many a short time ago!

[UHN_ED]

Well, this is the first patch MS in over a month; so you are mistaken.

[filburt1]

No, that is within the last month or so. I have to reformat machines pretty frequently, and there were not that many a short time ago!

The number of updates varies on the order you install them. For example, installing SP1 renders many of them useless.

[dynamite]

No, that is within the last month or so. I have to reformat machines pretty frequently, and there were not that many a short time ago!

The last full reinstalls and updates I had to do was back with all that stuff right after the Blaster worm, so I'm sorry, that was about 2 months ago, and there was less than 30 MB to download. A clean install now has over 64 MB of updates!
And yes, you are correct filburt, apparently some of them have others rolled into them so it does cut down on some, so it really depends on what order you install.

[Jake Bunce]

I think the update nuked all of my saved htaccess logins. Anyone else?

*annoyed*

[Vile]

I think the update nuked all of my saved htaccess logins. Anyone else?

*annoyed*

Updated, and my htaccess logins seem to be fine.

Strange.

[Jake Bunce]

Did you restart?

[Floris]

I rebooted and checked, .htaccess still works on all my sites.
htaccess tends to be reset, if the file is changed.

[Steve Machol]

It reset mine too.

[Livingston]

It reset mine too.

Same happened for me also.