Microsoft Knows about the SQL Bug — KB961040

By Paul | Dec 30, 2008

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Microsoft confirmed some information about the this little SQl bug and issued a Statement in an Security Advisory 961040 and in it Microsoft said:

Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on systems with supported editions of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000), Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE), and Windows Internal Database (WYukon). Systems with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 are not affected by this issue.

[via Microsoft Technet]

One researcher, a Bernhard Mueller, is claiming that Microsoft has the patch available and ready to patch this bug. According to him Microsoft this patch is done and isn’t scheduled to be release yet. I don’t know when they will patch this but if Techworld is right it will be an out of cycle patch. I am sure that if Microsoft does release it in cycle then it will be this coming patch cycle. January 13, 2009 is the next cycle of patches for Microsoft and should be available at 10pm PST time. If Microsoft doesn’t release the patch soon they will undoubtedly wait till Patch Tuesday. In my previous article I talked about this to a point the workaround so if you are using an SQL server you need to do this work around.

Some bloggers are Hyping Windows 7 operating System.

By Paul | Oct 30, 2008

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After looking around the blogosphere, I’ve come to the realization that people are starting to get hyped up over Windows 7. In one blog post from it.toolbox.com:

Windows 7 is due to hit beta and release in 2009, and odds are likely that if the pundits, all of us on the blogosphere and other places like PC World, Cnet, and others all agree that this works the way a computer was supposed to work will help drive sales. What is also interesting is that Microsoft is really pushing to get this puppy out. Along with the bloat are gone the five years of development.

[Via It.Toolbox.com]

I totally agree with what he is saying on the possibility to have an operating system actually do what it is told. Some things people have been looking for in there Searches in regards to Windows Vista are: