Another microsoft vulnerability

Another set of vulnerabilities has been announced in the Windows RPC service which, like the vulnerability responsible for the MSBlast and Nachi worms, could result in a remote system compromise.

The full range of NT based products is affected:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server(r) 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Windows 95/8/ME are not affected.

the fix plus more info can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-039.asp

Not aware of any worm in the wild that exploits this vulnerability , but you can expect one to be released within a short period of time.

patch your systems folks

Ken