Third-Party Vendor Issues Temporary Patch for Windows GDI Vulnerability

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by itman, Mar 4, 2017.

  1. itman

    itman Registered Member

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    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...emporary-patch-for-windows-gdi-vulnerability/
    Hum ..... Getting to the point where third parties are now offering patches to Win vulnerabilities.:(
     
  2. Minimalist

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    It will probably be patched through updates released in March.
    Was this vulnerability exploited in the wild, meanwhile? I didn't find any reports of it.
     
  3. TairikuOkami

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    That happens all the time, like WMF exploit, which took Microsoft 10 years to fix, 3rd party fixes were already around. I am more interesting in this new company called https://0patch.com
     
  4. itman

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    Not that I am aware of. But we still two weeks to go till Mar. Win updates.
     
  5. TairikuOkami

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    This vulnerability was reported on November 16th 2016, it is only a guess, it will be fixed withing the next bunch of updates.
     
  6. Rasheed187

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    I don't know what to think about third party patches, I have a feeling it might be a dangerous thing to rely on.
     
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