Microsoft still has patching issues (Brief)
by Steve Ragan - Jun 23 2008, 11:52-MicosoftMonitor_2.jpg)
Microsoft issues another update on patching issues discovered during the latest round of security updates. (IMG:J.Anderson)
There have been some reports of various issues from Microsoft surrounding its June security releases. First, System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 was broken, so some corporate users were not getting their patches, then MS08-030 was reissued, then Microsoft reported there were issues in the protection it offered, and now there is an issue in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
"Computers that have Office 2003 or components of Office 2003 installed fail to run a detection against a WSUS server that has the latest Office updates," commented Microsoft last Wednesday. "This prevents the computers from receiving any updates from the WSUS server."
This issue will affect any company running WSUS 3.0 Server (RTM or SP1) and those that have computers with Office 2003 or components of Office 2003 installed.
Microsoft has listed several steps for resolution. If this issue affects your company, check out this link for more information.
"After we released MS08-030 we learned that the security updates for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 might not have been fully protecting against the issues discussed in that bulletin," outlined Redmond-based Microsoft in a Thursday alert. "As soon as we learned of that possibility, we mobilized our Software Security Incident Response Process (SSIRP) to investigate the issue. Our investigation found that while the other security updates were providing protections for the issues discussed in the bulletin, the Windows XP SP2 and SP3 updates were not."
For home users of Windows XP (SP2 and SP3), the MS08-030 issue needs to be resolved. MS08-030 addresses vulnerabilities connected to the Bluetooth stack in Windows that could allow remote code execution. Some users were prompted to download the fix shortly after it was released. Windows and Microsoft update flagged it and pushed it to most systems. For others, there is a hot fix available.
You can learn more direct from Microsoft by clicking here.
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