A newly discovered but minor denial-of-service flaw in Windows XP could allow hackers to crash the operating system’s firewall. However, the pool of affected computers appears relatively small. The security vulnerability, which was first reported on Monday, targets the ICS service, a Windows XP feature that lets users share a dial-up or broadband connection with other users on a local area network. Using ICS has become a rather antiquated method for sharing an Internet connection.
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Little Used Service Opens New Vulnerability in XP
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 2, 2006 01:39 PMA newly discovered but minor denial-of-service flaw in Windows XP could allow hackers to crash the operating system’s firewall. However, the pool of affected computers appears relatively small. The security vulnerability, which was first reported on Monday, targets the ICS service, a Windows XP feature that lets users share a dial-up or broadband connection with other users on a local area network. Using ICS has become a rather antiquated method for sharing an Internet connection.