[12623] in bugtraq
Re: Windows NT update carries bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Plastino)
Wed Nov 17 13:53:59 1999
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:40:38 -0800
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From: Tony Plastino <TonyP@FREERANGE.COM>
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Here are some more details...
from Lotus
http://www.support.lotus.com/sims2.nsf/c7835bf039c01dc285256688006fae9b/6975
6a1ae2a307308525682400799d32?OpenDocument
From M$, but you have to read the small print
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/SP6/allSP6.asp
Tony Plastino - Internet Security Engineer
tony.plastino@luminant.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Williams, Ken [SMTP:ken.williams@EY.COM]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 1:18 PM
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> Subject: Windows NT update carries bug
>
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> -- ken williams
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> Windows NT update carries bug
> By Joe Wilcox
> November 15, 1999, 12:25 p.m. PT
> http://home.cnet.com/category/0-1003-200-1439342.html
>
> A software update for Microsoft's Windows NT operating system introduced
> a bug that could potentially cripple Lotus Notes unless companies
> compromise network security.
>
> The bug in Windows NT Service Pack 6 prevents users from accessing Lotus
> Notes without administrator rights--the highest and broadest level of
> access typically reserved for network managers. Companies generally
> restrict user access to prevent security breaches or catastrophic
> accidental changes to PCs or servers.
>
> The bug puts companies that have applied the service pack in a bind,
> possibly forcing them to grant users temporary administrator privileges
> in order to use Lotus Notes.
>
> Microsoft periodically releases service packs as a way of adding
> features to Windows NT 4 or fixing bugs.
>
> The Redmond, Washington-based software maker is advising customers using
> Lotus Notes not to apply Service Pack 6 until a fix is released later this
> week.
>
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