Home / bulletins MS09-039 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in WINS Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969883) - Version:1.0
Posted on 11 August 2009
There is an newer version: MS09-039 - Version: 1.1
CriticalSeverity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2009): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). Either vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user received a specially crafted WINS replication packet on an affected system running the WINS service. By default, WINS is not installed on any affected operating system version. Only customers who manually install this component are affected by this issue.
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- MS09-039 - Version: 1.0
- MS09-039 - Version: 1.1