AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#hp_hp_info_center_software
updated December 14, 2007 - "US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting HP Info Center Software, which allows one-touch access to features on HP laptops. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands or to view or alter the system registry on affected systems. These reports also refer to publicly available exploit code for this vulnerability. HP has published an HP Quick Launch Buttons Critical Security Update to address this issue. US-CERT encourages users to apply this update to mitigate this risk.
- http://preview.tinyurl.com/2jhrxc
(HP Customer Care)
Release Date: 2007-12-12
Version: 1.00 A
Description:
This package provides a critical security update for HP Quick Launch Buttons on the supported notebook models and operating systems. This patch removes a security vulnerability by disabling HP Info Center…
» sp38166.exe 1/1 (1.61M)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechS…ectID=c01300486
14 December 2007 - "…HP has provided the following software patch to resolve this vulnerability: HP SoftPaq SP38166… HP suggests that -all- HP notebook PCs have the security patch promptly applied…"