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eEye: More Microsoft bugs on the way

Feb 11, 2004 3:17PM PST

The company that informed Microsoft about the most recent high-profile security vulnerability has said it is waiting on fixes for several more critical flaws

EEye, the company that originally discovered a critical Windows bug patched by Microsoft on Tuesday, says it is waiting on fixes for seven more Microsoft bugs -- three of them meriting a "high" severity rating.

Microsoft released a patch for Windows on Tuesday that fixed one of the most severe security holes ever found in the operating system. Microsoft said it took more than six months to fix the problem and to make sure the patch was thoroughly tested. During this time, the vulnerabilities could have been exploited by another MSBlast-type attack, allowing a virus to rapidly infect a large number of Internet-connected computers, according to security experts.

EEye now says it has reported another seven as-yet-unpatched bugs to Microsoft, some as long as five months ago. The company is listing the report dates and seriousness of the bugs on its Web site, but will reveal no further information until Microsoft has released fixes.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39146115,00.htm

See also: http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Upcoming/index.html

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