I posted this in
another tech forum last week, and I don't remember seeing it posted here too. I apologize for my tardiness. Until today, I rationalized it would be fixed next Tuesday, but thanks to
Bob's post, I realize this vulnerability is
not going to be fixed in Tuesday's patches. The following post contains a link to
Microsoft's temporary (I hope) FixIt to work around this vulnerability and exploit. I strongly encourage anyone with a vulnerable system to enable the workaround ASAP. Windows Vista is
not vulnerable.
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2009-05-29 - Extremely critical 0-day exploit of Microsoft DirectX
Does not appear to affect all versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Secunia Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35268/Microsoft workaround
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971778According to Microsoft,
the vulnerability does not require QuickTimeAffects:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional