News : Microsoft fixes '19-year-old' bug with emergency patch

[Anonymous]

Headline : Microsoft fixes '19-year-old' bug with emergency patch.

Excerpt from the Link : "Microsoft has patched a critical bug in its software that had existed for 19 years.
IBM researchers discovered the flaw, which affects Windows and Office products, in May this year - but worked with Microsoft to fix the problem before going public."


My thoughts :

A bug that's existed for 19 years. Wow.

Source : BBC news.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30019976

[Anonymous]

Wow.. MY thoughts exactly. 

[viridis]

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@Anonymous wrote:

A bug that's existed for 19 years. Wow.

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Just need to correct you on this, Justin beiber has recently turned 20.

[Cleoriff]

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@viridis wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

A bug that's existed for 19 years. Wow.

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Just need to correct you on this, Justin beiber has recently turned 20.

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Didn't know he was a 'bug' @viridis  I have heard him called an amoeba or foetus though...

[sheepdog]

And guess what's been in existence for oh, 19 years so it might just be a little coincidental: Internet Explorer! 

[aldaweb]

It seems that the only browsers that could be vulnerable are Internet Explorer and Safari on Windows, and in addition Microsofts IIS web servers.

Chrome and Firefox (and Apache or nginx web servers) use a different SSL/TLS 'engines'.

Safari on OS10 is not affected either.