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Microsoft has disclosed a vulnerability in Vista and IE7 that could result in information disclosure. The vulnerability is in the way Windows resolves hostnames that do not include a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN). The Microsoft Security Response Center says they know of no current attacks. The Security Advisory (945713) lists a number of ‘Mitigating Factors’ that can help work around this problem, but you can expect they are working on an update to deal with it properly.
New security vulnerability affects Vista - Could result in information disclosure
December 4th, 2007 ·
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Web 2.0 - Social Media - Internet News - Blogging » New security vulnerability affects Vista - Could result in …
Dec 4, 2007 at 2:21 pm
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