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[News] Microsoft Fixes Known Critical Flaw 2 Months Late (After Attacks)

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After Attacks, Microsoft Fixes Jet Database Flaw

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| Security experts say that the Jet flaw (MS08-028) should be patched first, 
| since it has already been exploited. Microsoft had previously warned of this 
| bug in a March 21 advisory.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| Microsoft also patched two critical flaws in Word and a critical Publisher 
| bug. 
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145833/after_attacks_microsoft_fixes_jet_database_flaw.html

GNU and Linux flaws are typically patched within hours or days.


Related:

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| Problems found in an audit of Diebold tabulation records from an Ohio
| November 2006 election raise questions about whether the database got
| corrupted during the tabulation of election results...
| 
| The database is built from Microsoft's Jet database engine. The
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| engine, according to Microsoft, is vulnerable to corruption when a lot
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| of concurrent activity is happening with the database, such as what
| occurs on an election night [and Microsoft advises againt using Jet in
| a complex environment]...
| 
| The report mentions that election staff had trouble with the server
| crashing and freezing on election night....
| 
| The report notes that with punch card machines election officials used
| to be able to determine definitively if all ballots had been counted
| in the results....
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/04/diebold_vote_da.html
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