[LINK] Aus Govt issues IE security warning

[Stilgherrian]

On 19/01/2010, at 9:30 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>> .. you could say that the ABC is jumping at shadows, making a big
>> deal out of what is a relatively routine security advisory.
> 
> 
> Hmm well .. possibly .. 
> 
> France, Germany officials warn against using Internet Explorer, Jan19 2010
> 
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/France,_Germany_officials_warn_against_using_I
> nternet_explorer
> 
> and, http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/France-Germany-Say-Avoid-IE-Until-
> Security-Vulnerability-Patched-321481

In the French case the "officials" are, again, the equivalent of AusCERT. Here is the original security advisory.

http://www.certa.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTA-2010-ALE-001/CERTA-2010-ALE-001.html

The German one is a little more ambiguous in terms of calling it a warning to switch browsers, in that the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik did actually issue a media release.

https://www.bsi.bund.de/cln_183/ContentBSI/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Sicherheitsluecke_IE_150110.html

However it appears to have been written before Microsoft said they had a temporary patch.

I'm still having a lot of trouble seeing this as any different from the other security advisories that are released over the course of a year.

That's not to downplay the risk. There IS a vulnerability and the bad guys ARE using it. But it's not the only unpatched vulnerability out there and perhaps not the most significant.

Stil


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