New Zero-Day Hole in Windows XP

Brand new “zero-day” vulnerability has been discovered in XP. It hasn't been made official yet but a hole was discovered by Jonathan Sarba of GoodFellas Security Research Team. The hole is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack that exploits an HP All-in-One Series Web Release software/driver installer (version 2.1.0) and an HP Photo & Imaging Gallery (version 1.1) program. The flaw is considered fairly critical because, when exploited, it could lead to a complete compromise of a PC. Microsoft was made aware of the hole back in June but is still investigating it further, so no patch or workaround has been released as of yet. If you are running either of these pieces of software on your PC or on your network, please be aware of any unusual activity and maybe stay away from using those versions of the HP drivers and programs.
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