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should i patch the new MDAC vulnerability

 
 
Max
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      24th Jan 2004
Hi,

I have read about the latest vulnerability on MDAC and the patches available
from Microsoft.

My question: whether I need to apply this patch to my enterprise servers
(windows 2000 server) and clients (windows XP) as we do not use any SQL
servers in our environment. But I know that MDAC is installed by default.

any comments?


 
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      24th Jan 2004
It just depends on what level of risk you are willing to accept. You are
correct that this is an MDAC patch that is to protect SQL servers. Since
you do not have any SQL servers then your risk exposure at this time is
probably pretty low.
My only problem is that if you do not patch the systems and someone adds an
sensitive SQL server(HR database) to your network you will be exposed to
this issue. Also if you have a large environment it can be hard to be 100%
sure there are no versions of SQL on the network. In my opinion you should
install the patch at your earliest convenience.

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Max
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      25th Jan 2004
You're quite right. Thanks for the tip.

May I ask whether the vulnerability affects MS Access database or other
types of databases as well?


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> It just depends on what level of risk you are willing to accept. You are
> correct that this is an MDAC patch that is to protect SQL servers. Since
> you do not have any SQL servers then your risk exposure at this time is
> probably pretty low.
> My only problem is that if you do not patch the systems and someone adds

an
> sensitive SQL server(HR database) to your network you will be exposed to
> this issue. Also if you have a large environment it can be hard to be

100%
> sure there are no versions of SQL on the network. In my opinion you

should
> install the patch at your earliest convenience.
>
> IBTerry [MSFT]
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

rights.
>
>
>



 
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