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Researcher Says Windows XP SP2 Has DoS Bug

Via TechWeb News.

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 has a bug in its kernel that could let attackers bring down the machine with a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, vulnerability tracker Secunia said Friday.

"Microsoft is currently investigating public reports of a possible vulnerability in Windows," a spokesman said Friday afternoon. "We have not been made aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerability, or of [any] customer impact."

posted by Fergie @ 7/15/2005 06:31:00 PM