[THIN] Re: New Critical MS Fix MS06-040 ?!?!
- From: "Selinger, Stephen" <SSelinger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:18:11 -0600
Any update on if this patch breaks anything. I have been advised by my
security monitoring service to get this updated ASAP.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Schneider, Chad M
Sent: August 9, 2006 7:40 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: New Critical MS Fix MS06-040 ?!?!
We received the e-mail of this patch late yesterday....got a voice mail
an
hour later, and another follow-up this AM....this one is getting more
attention from M$ than I can ever recall. They asked that we make every
effort to get installed in the next 72 hours.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Michael Pardee
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:00 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: New Critical MS Fix MS06-040 ?!?!
I just received an email from our MS rep asking us if we had tested
this,
what the reasons were if we hadn't, and when we plan on rolling it out.
They consider this a Level 3 patch and said it is extremely critical.
We'll focus more on our Internet accessible nodes first (non are TS) but
will start the testing with it internally over time.
This is the first I've ever had our TAM contact us with questions over
why
we wouldn't just deploy it.
> From: Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:31:20 -0700
> To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [THIN] Re: New Critical MS Fix MS06-040 ?!?!
>
> As usual, this is a case where patience and logic do not rule :-) The
> client is already in the process of applying the patch well over a
hundred
> non TS systems. It is the TS systems that we have some influence on
and
are
> being requested to come back with field reports. So far on in house
test
> system, no problems.
>
>
>
> These are situations in which the client is being "ordered" to go
ahead
and
> install the patches. Your explanation is perfect, but the bottom line
is
> that they are going to have to go ahead and do this, I am just hoping
> someone else has jumped first and can tell us what the bottom of the
cliff
> looks like!
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Greenberg
>
> Thin Client Computing
>
> 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
>
> Scottsdale, AZ 85262
>
> (602) 432-8649
>
> www.thinclient.net
>
> steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Rick Mack
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:36 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: New Critical MS Fix MS06-040 ?!?!
>
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
>
>
> Patching the server service on file/print backend servers and TS is
kind
of
> scary considering the things that could break.
>
>
>
> I'm fairly pragmatic about this sort of thing because at the end of
the
day,
> it's all about risk management.
>
>
>
> I wouldn't disregard a critical update on my internet exposed systems
but
> production TS is a different story.
>
>
>
> Taking past experience into account, in an adequately secured internal
> network, the Microsoft security hotfixes have caused more system
outages
> than any exploits.
>
>
>
> Any internet-exposed systems should have the server service disabled
as a
> matter of course, in addition to appropriate firewall filtering etc.
> Educational environments with TS/Citrix should be using internal
firewalls
> to limit exposure to ICA/http only.
>
>
>
> It's a question of what's a bigger risk, a known exploit with defined
> work-arounds or an unknown failure due to inadequate regression
testing in
> the fix?
>
>
>
> If potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the server service
were
the
> only vulnerabilities in the average internal network, we'd be pretty
darn
> secure.
>
>
>
> My recommendation is don't be panicked into installing this hotfix in
> production. Test it in a development environment, if that's okay
install
on
> a single production server. If nothing has broken after a couple of
weeks
> and nobody else is hurting, then patch your production systems.
>
>
>
> I'll let you know what it breaks in a month's time ;-)
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> Ulrich Mack
> Volante Systems
>
> _____
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Steve Greenberg
> Sent: Wed 9/08/2006 16:04
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] New Critical MS Fix MS06-040 ?!?!
>
> Does anyone have experience yet with this new critical patch in
production
> 2003/PS4 environments?
>
>
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms06-040.mspx>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms06-040.mspx
>
>
>
> We have customers who are asking for any available feedback on the
effect
of
> installing this new critical fix as they are being required to deploy
it
> right away in production!!!
>
>
>
> Any experience? Any gotchas??
>
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> Steve Greenberg
>
> Thin Client Computing
>
> 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
>
> Scottsdale, AZ 85262
>
> (602) 432-8649
>
> www.thinclient.net
>
> steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
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