FYI...

- http://preview.tinyurl.com/364gvn
January 17, 2008 (Infoworld) - "...The code is not available to the general public (Ed. note: "Yet"). It was released Thursday to security professionals who USE Immunity's Canvas computer security TESTING software. It causes the Windows system to crash but does not let the attacker run malicious software on the victim's system... The bug is PARTICULARLY troublesome for two reasons. First, it affects a widely used Windows component that is turned on by default. WORSE, no user interaction is required to trigger the flaw, meaning that it could be exploited in a self-copying worm attack. MS patched the flaw in its MS08-001 update**, released last week, but it takes time for enterprise users to test and install Microsoft's patches..."
* http://seclists.org/dailydave/2008/q1/0017.html
17 Jan 2008

** http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms08-001.mspx
January 8, 2008 - Critical

- http://atlas.arbor.net/briefs/index#1659842965
January 17, 2008 - "...Analysis: Like we anticipated, an exploit is now available in limited release. However, this issue should not affect too many networks, as the attackers need subnet access to send the traffic to the victim..."