[funsec] Microsoft trying to put F.U.D. on Guilfanov 'temporary' patch

[Fergie]

Not sure I like how this story is worded. I mean, I realize
that MS won't exactly endorse it, but WTF...

Via eWeek.

[snip]

Microsoft Corp. has slapped a 'buyer beware' tag on a third-party patch for the zero-day Windows Metafile flaw and promised that its own properly tested update will almost certainly ship Jan. 10.

The company's latest guidance comes days after an unofficial hotfix from reverse-engineering guru Ilfak Guilfanov got rare blessings from experts at the SANS ISC (Internet Storm Center) and anti-virus vendor F-Secure Corp.

Guilfanov, author of the IDA (Interactive Disassembler Pro), released an executable that revokes the "SETABORT" escape sequence that is the crux of the problem. The hotfix was tested and approved for use by many security experts, but Microsoft says it cannot vouch for the quality of the fix.

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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1907562,00.asp

- ferg


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