[GTER] Fw: [Important update to all versions of Windows - 0 3/20/03]

[Fabio Oliveira]

Redmond notice ..... :-)

>           - Important update to all versions of Windows -
>
> Madrid, March 20 2003 - Microsoft has announced(*) that there is a serious
> vulnerability in the Windows Script Engine which affects all versions of
> Windows (95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, NT Terminal Server Edition, 2000 y XP). The
> company has also released a patch to remedy the problem.
>
> The problem stems from a buffer overflow in the JScript.dll library, which
> forms part of Windows Script Engine. The attack could take place when a
user
> viewed a specially created malicious web page or received an HTML e-mail
> including such a web page.
>
> Given the serious nature of the problem, Windows users are advised to
apply
> the patch to their operating systems. This can be done automatically
through
> the Windows Update option, or by downloading the update directly from the
> Microsoft website.
>
> (*) The Microsoft bulletin about this vulnerability and the addresses for
> the corresponding patches are available from:
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-008.asp