bugtraq - Re: 3rd party patch for XP for MS09-048?

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Message-ID: <4AB00606.2060804@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:24:22 -0700
From: Susan Bradley <sbradcpa@...bell.net>
To: noloader@...il.com
Cc: nowhere@...null.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: 3rd party patch for XP for MS09-048?

Read the bulletin.  There's no patch.  It is deemed by Microsoft to be 
of low impact and thus no patch has been built.

Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Hi Aras,
>
>   
>> Given that M$ has officially shot-down all current Windows XP users by not
>> issuing a patch for a DoS level issue,
>>     
> Can you cite a reference?
>
> Unless Microsoft has changed their end of life policy [1], XP should
> be patched for security vulnerabilities until about 2014. Both XP Home
> and XP Pro's mainstream support ended in 4/2009, but extended support
> ends in 4/2014 [2]. Given that we know the end of extended support,
> take a look at bullet 17 of [1]:
>
>     17. What is the Security Update policy?
>
>     Security updates will be available through the end of the Extended
>     Support phase (five years of Mainstream Support plus five years of
>     the Extended Support) at no additional cost for most products.
>     Security updates will be posted on the Microsoft Update Web site
>     during both the Mainstream and the Extended Support phase.
>
>   
>> I realize some of you might be tempted to relay the M$ BS about "not being
>> feasible because it's a lot of work" rhetoric...
>>     
> Not at all.
>
> Jeff
>
> [1] http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
> [2] http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Aras "Russ" Memisyazici
> <nowhere@...null.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello All:
>>
>> Given that M$ has officially shot-down all current Windows XP users by not
>> issuing a patch for a DoS level issue, I'm now curious to find out whether
>> or not any brave souls out there are already working or willing to work on
>> an open-source patch to remediate the issue within XP.
>>
>> I realize some of you might be tempted to relay the M$ BS about "not being
>> feasible because it's a lot of work" rhetoric... I would just like to hear
>> the thoughts of the true experts subscribed to these lists :)
>>
>> No harm in that is there?
>>
>> Aras "Russ" Memisyazici
>> Systems Administrator
>> Virginia Tech
>>
>>
>>     
>
>