full-disclosure - MS06-019 - How long before this develops into a self propagating email worm

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Date: Wed May 10 16:42:58 2006
From: schanulleke.29172787 at bloglines.com (schanulleke.29172787@...glines.com)
Subject: MS06-019 - How long before this develops into a
	self propagating email worm

a) Installing the patch breaks Black Berry workaround is an active directory
modification
b) Implementing the workaround will cause loss of functionality

c) The patch is currently being reverse engineered to find out what it is
that is broken (by different people for different intends)

a + b + c =
my you live in interesting times

--- David Taylor <ltr@....upenn.edu wrote:

One of the things that makes this a bit more dangerous is that the patch

> causes problems so people are more reluctant to install the patch until
they
> see what problems others are having.  This could be interesting.