Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday activity carried on from last week into this week as the software giant promised to issue a fix for its latest Internet Explorer security patch, which apparently carries a security bug of its own. The vulnerability could allow attackers to take complete control over a Windows PC running IE 6 with Service Pack 1 and the MS06-042 update installed, according to a Microsoft security advisory published this week. The flaw lies in the way IE handles long Web addresses.
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Microsoft to Repair Flawed IE Patch
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 23, 2006 12:07 PMMicrosoft’s Patch Tuesday activity carried on from last week into this week as the software giant promised to issue a fix for its latest Internet Explorer security patch, which apparently carries a security bug of its own. The vulnerability could allow attackers to take complete control over a Windows PC running IE 6 with Service Pack 1 and the MS06-042 update installed, according to a Microsoft security advisory published this week. The flaw lies in the way IE handles long Web addresses.