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[Security-fyi] Fwd: Major Windows Vulnerability Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Linda A. LeBlanc)
Tue Jul 22 09:33:39 2003
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From: "Linda A. LeBlanc" <leblancl@MIT.EDU>
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Linda LeBlanc
>URGENT Windows Vulnerability Notification
>
>Because of an urgently needed security update for all Microsoft Windows
>computers, MIT Information
>Systems is taking the unprecedented step of sending this letter to
>everyone in the MIT community.
>
>You will need to perform the update yourself (unless you have a local
>system administrator)
> -- the update process should take less than 10 minutes. The update was
> announced July 16
>in Microsoft's bulletin MS03-026 and relates to the RPC part of the
>Windows operating system.
>This update will fix a security problem that gives remote intruders the
>means to break into
>SEVERAL THOUSAND Windows computers at MIT!
>
>To obtain the update and get more information about this security update
>at MIT, go to:
>
>http://web.mit.edu/net-security/windows.html
>
>If you would like assistance from Information Systems, please contact the
>Help Desk at
>3-1102 or computing-help@mit.edu
>
>Linda LeBlanc for security@mit.edu
>
>[Please respond with the case number in the subject line
>to security@mit.edu and not to me personally. Thank you.]
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