NEWLY discovered flaws in the same area of Windows code exploited by the MSBlast worm are evidence of the urgent need for robust firewall blocks and patches, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.
On September 10 2003, Microsoft acknowledged the existence of major new flaws in every version of the Windows operating system based on Windows NT 4.0 (NTW4) code, including Windows XP, Windows 2000 and the recently released Windows Server 2003. Microsoft offers a patch and an updated free scanning tool for these flaws on its web site www.microsoft.com.
