From twiggy@accel.net Mon Aug 12 20:20:34 1996 Received: from server.accel.net (server.accel.net [205.206.169.2]) by suburbia.net (8.7.4/Proff-950810) with ESMTP id UAA16033 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 1996 20:20:08 +1000 Received: from server.accel.net ([205.206.169.84]) by server.accel.net (post.office MTA v1.9.1 ID# 0-11785) with SMTP id AAA273 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 1996 06:22:57 -0500 X-Sender: twiggy@accel.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 06:12:08 -0400 To: best-of-security@suburbia.net From: twiggy@accel.net (Twiggy) Subject: [NTSEC] MS discovers NT4 vulnerability Message-ID: <19960812112256084.AAA273@server.accel.net> >Return-Path: >Received: from phoenix.iss.net ([204.241.60.5]) by server.accel.net > (post.office MTA v1.9.1 ID# 0-11785) with SMTP id AAA291 > for ; Mon, 12 Aug 1996 01:07:18 -0500 >Received: (from majordom@localhost) by phoenix.iss.net (8.6.13/8.6.12) id LAA01651 for nt-out; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:29:08 -0400 >Received: from ns.unib.bkc.lv (ns.unib.bkc.lv [159.148.199.231]) by phoenix.iss.net (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA20458 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 10:24:17 -0400 >Received: from sniffer.unib.bkc.lv (r00t@sniffer.unib.bkc.lv [159.148.199.19]) by ns.unib.bkc.lv (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03701 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:23:56 +0300 >Received: by sniffer.unib.bkc.lv with Microsoft Mail > id <01BB854E.70C93B40@sniffer.unib.bkc.lv>; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:24:22 +-300 >Message-ID: <01BB854E.70C93B40@sniffer.unib.bkc.lv> >From: DrL >To: "'ntsecurity@iss.net'" >Subject: [NTSEC] nt4 security bug >Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:24:15 +-300 >Encoding: 41 TEXT >Sender: owner-ntsecurity@iss.net >Errors-To: majordomo-errors@iss.net >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: DrL > >does anyone know something about this bug? > > > >http://www.pcweek.com/news/0805/06mnt.html > >---- Begin ntsecbug.txt ---- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > [PC Week Online] August 6, 1996 1:30 PM ET > Security bug temporarily halts NT 4.0 > production > > By Norvin Leach > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Microsoft Corp. temporarily halted production > of Windows NT 4.0 Friday night after > discovering a security bug. > > Fewer than 50 CDs had been "burned" at the > time, and none of the products were in the > market, said Divisional Marketing Manager > Jonathan Roberts. > > The server-based bug, which would have allowed > unauthorized users to access and delete files, > was uncovered after a beta tester called to > make sure that Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., > had addressed the problem. > > Production resumed the next day. > > "Essentially, the only real impact is that NT > might be available in the channel a day later > than otherwise," said Roberts. > > TOP OF PAGE > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- End ntsecbug.txt ----- twiggy twiggy@accel.net ------------------------------------------ twiggy@accel.net webmaster, www.accel.net http://www.accel.net