Article ID: 917422 - Last Review: September 30, 2011 - Revision: 5.0

MS06-051: Vulnerability in the Windows kernel could result in remote code execution

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-051. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200608.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200608.mspx)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-051.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-051.mspx)

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Known issues

Programs that are not Terminal Services aware and that use the Windows directory to read or to write files may not run correctly. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

924066 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924066/ ) You experience problems with programs that are not Terminal Services aware after you install security update 917422 on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Programs unexpectedly stop during initialization after you apply this security update. You do not receive any error message when this problem occurs. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

924867 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924867/ ) Programs that limit the application stack size to 2,048 bytes may not run after you install security update 917422

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