[CrackMonkey] Re: SANS FLASH For Outlook and Outlook Express Users; Please Fix This Before You Go Home Today

[Bryan Fullerton]

I'd like to suggest, as strongly as I can, that SANS, Microsoft and the FBI
send out email earlier in the day if they want me to do things before I leave
work.

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Bryan

On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 05:37:03PM -0600, The SANS Institute <sans at sans.org> wrote:
> To: Bryan Fullerton (SD312383)
> 
> Please Fix This Before You Go Home Today.
> And if you have gone home, go back to the office and fix it.
> 
> Outlook and Outlook Express share a vulnerability that allows attackers
> to run programs of their choice on your computer and all you have to do
> is download email from the server. You don't have to open it or read
> it.
> 
> Microsoft posted a patch that eliminates this vulnerability at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-043.asp.
> 
> SANS, Microsoft, and the FBI all suggest, as strongly as we can, that
> you install this patch before leaving work today.
> 
> Please go to the page and, if you are running an affected version (true
> unless you have recently installed IE 5.01 Service Pack 1 or IE 5.5),
> download the patch
> 
> 
> 			..AP

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