Word mangled by unpatched security hole

[ronjor]

Techworld (http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=2378)

-{ Quote: "A highly critical and unpatched security hole in Microsoft's ubiquitous Word software could be used to launch a denial of service attack and give system access." }-

[nadirah]

It says: Affects Word 2000/2002 and Office 2000/XP.

I'm using Microsoft Office 2003 SP1, the latest version of Office! So, I'm not affected! ;D ;D ;D

[meneer]

:o :o :o Where's the patch :o :o :o

sigh... almost second tuesday, what more can we expect...

[nadirah]

Those people still using office XP, I recommend that they upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003.

[gerardwil]

-{ Quote: ":o :o :o Where's the patch :o :o :o

sigh... almost second tuesday, what more can we expect..." }-
Solution:
Open trusted documents only.

For Internet Explorer users, documents on web sites can be opened automatically in the browser, unless the security level for the "Internet" security zone is set to "High" or the "File download" setting has been disabled.

http://secunia.com/advisories/12758/

[meneer]

-{ Quote: "Solution:
Open trusted documents only.

For Internet Explorer users, documents on web sites can be opened automatically in the browser, unless the security level for the "Internet" security zone is set to "High" or the "File download" setting has been disabled.

http://secunia.com/advisories/12758/" }-Fine for home environments. But with a few thousand naive users this is no option.

-{ Quote: "Those people still using office XP, I recommend that they upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003" }-Fine for home environments. But with a few thousand naive users this comes with a nice budget tag. No plans for upgrade yet...