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Microsoft has stated that they will release an emergency security patch later today.
Thursday October 23rd, 17:00 GMT (That is 19:00 for GMT+1).
All Microsoft has said so far is that the vulnerability can be remotely exploited by malware.
Microsoft advises every Windows user / Administrator to update their machines, every currently supported Windows version is affected, so: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 & Windows Server 2008 Core Installation.
"I'm not sure if all editions are affected, but it does look like it, so also Windows Embedded, Windows CE, Hyper-V Server? To my knowledge this is only the second time that Microsoft has released an out of band security patch."
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2008
Thursday October 23rd, 17:00 GMT (That is 19:00 for GMT+1).
All Microsoft has said so far is that the vulnerability can be remotely exploited by malware.
Microsoft advises every Windows user / Administrator to update their machines, every currently supported Windows version is affected, so: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 & Windows Server 2008 Core Installation.
"I'm not sure if all editions are affected, but it does look like it, so also Windows Embedded, Windows CE, Hyper-V Server? To my knowledge this is only the second time that Microsoft has released an out of band security patch."
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2008
