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Windows 2000 Server critical flaw re-patched

Business IT - Security

Microsoft has re-released a previously withdrawn patch for a critical vulnerability in Windows 2000 Server. The company thinks it's cracked the problem this time.

This April's Patch Tuesday updates included a fix for an issue that allowed remote code execution on Windows 2000 Server's Windows Media Services. The trouble was that the patch didn't fix the problem.

According to Jerry Bryant, group manager, response communications at the Microsoft Security Response Center, "The original issue was missed due to focusing on a variant of the original report early in the investigation."

The original update was withdrawn to avoid unnecessary reboots of systems that hadn't already been patched.

A revised version of the update was released overnight.

Microsoft's recommendation is that the update should be applied immediately to Windows 2000 Server systems running Windows Media Services.