Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-032

[Slim Shady]

26 June 2002 Cumulative Patch for Windows Media Player (Q320920)

Originally posted: June 26, 2002

Summary

Who should read this bulletin: Customers using Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player 6.4, 7.1 or Windows Media Player for Windows XP.

Impact of vulnerability: Three new vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could be used to run code of attacker's choice.

Maximum Severity Rating: Critical

Recommendation: Customers running affected products should apply the patch immediately.

Affected Software:

* Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
* Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1
* Microsoft Windows Media Player for Windows XP

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Gosh, I feel for those windows users, I remember the last time I had to do a critical update on my mac.... oops, wait a minute.... never had to do that on my mac! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Ok, that's not true, I think there was an Internet Explorer critical update once, which is made by...let's see....um...microsoft?

Sorry, just couldn't resist a little jab at the 'more popular platform' users - I'm sorry you guys have to put up with this kind of thing. You really shouldn't have to, and if I were you I'd complain like hell. Windows media player has been out for how long now? And they just realized there's a critical leak? That bites.

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