Security flaws in SP2

[shadowdude]

Ha! there are already flaws in SP2, Microsoft can't do anything right!

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(PC World) - Security researchers inspecting a new update to Microsoft's Windows XP found two software flaws that could allow virus writers and malicious hackers to sidestep new security features in the operating system.German Internet security portal Heise Security published a security bulletin, dated August 13, describing two holes in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 and warning users about running programs from untrusted Internet sites.

 

[Sanaz]

These aren't exploits, just flaws which coulod potentially lead to exploits. There's a big difference. Every protocol and application/OS has flaws which can be potentially exploited, but in practice many of these potential exploits are not realistic. I am not sure if it is realistic or not to see an exploit based on these flaws, so I won't blame Microsoft.

 

[Dell19]

The problem is that Microsoft are there to be targetted...

 

[Jeratain]

A poster from another forum (Espy) said what I feel in such eloquence that I had to copy it:

"MS has a massive piece of software that they have to write to work on hundreds of thousands of different hardware configurations, and with hundreds of thousands of different pieces of software. Each software company only has to write one application or suite that only has to work with a few others. Kind of like a teacher having to learn a few dozen student names, but each student only having to learn the teacher's name.

With something as complex and user-friendly as XP, there are bound to be bugs. On the other hand, when a developing house makes a program that requires legacy Windows functionality that has been deprecated and slated to be restricted by SP2, then it's the developers' fault if they don't change those parts of the program. It's not necessarily poor design, but poor maintenance."