Re: ZERT patch [was: 0day for IE (Disabling Javascript no longer a fix)]

["Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"A" patch ..not "The" patch.

There's a difference.. third party patches makes me unsupported.  This 
too has to be weighed when deciding risk factors.

Gadi Evron wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote:
>   
> > Jesper's Blog : More options on protecting against recent IE 
> > vulnerabilities on a domain:
> > http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2006/09/22/More-options-on-protecting-against-the-VML-vulnerability-on-a-domain.aspx
> >
> > I like that option better.  Leaves me supported and honestly I've not 
> > seen anything that I'm running that's used VML or freaked since I've 
> > done that?
> >     
>
> The patch is available, but if the workaround works for you, you should
> definitely use that. All things being even, third party patches should be
> a last resort.
>
>         Gadi.
>
>   
> > Gadi Evron wrote:
> >     
> > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Bill Stout wrote:
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-be
> > > > ing.html 
> > > > "This exploit can be mitigated by turning off Javascripting. 
> > > >
> > > > Update: Turning off Javascripting is no longer a valid mitigation. A
> > > > valid mitigation is unregistering the VML dll. "
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > There is, of course, the ZERT (Zeroday Emergency Response Team) patch,
> > > available to those who choose to use it.
> > > Along with source code, testing methodology, etc.
> > >
> > > Naturally a vendor patch is BETTER, this is merely an alternative that can
> > > be used, right now, by those who choose to do so.
> > >
> > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2019162,00.asp
> > > http://isotf.org/zert/
> > >
> > > Richard wrote an interesting blog entry on it:
> > > http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2006/09/zert-evolution.html
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Bill Stout
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > >         Gadi.
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > --
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> >
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> >
> >     
>
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