FYI: ** Critical security vulnerability in WinPCap ** (affects all CTCI-W32 users)

 
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Just stumbled upon this today.

Apparently someone has found what sounds to be a rather SERIOUS
security vulnerability in WinPCap's kernel device driver:

 
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=5
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WinPCap doesn't even mention it on their main web page either!
Instead, they bury it on their "News" page:


  http://www.winpcap.org/news.htm


   3 July, 2007

     "As of today, WinPcap 4.0.1 is available in the download
      section of the WinPcap website."
 
     "This maintenance release addresses a security vulnerability
      reported by the iDefense Labs in this advisory. Full details
      can be found in the change log."



It is STRONGLY SUGGESTED that all users of WinPCap (which means all
users of CTCI-W32!) upgrade to WinPCap 4.0.1 immediately. Even though
the vulnerability itself is not remotely exploitable, since it allows
the exploit code to run in kernel context it is thus extremely
serious in my humble opinion.


Please everyone, make sure you take care of this issue ASAP.


Thanks.

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