SUMMARY
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS04-020. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and the deployment options. To view the complete MS04-020 security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
RESOLUTION
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
Note This hotfix requires that you must restart your computer after the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) subsystem is replaced.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix replaces the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article.
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
841872
MS04-020: A vulnerability in POSIX could allow code execution
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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23-Jul-2004 18:38 2.2.428.10 656,384 Psxss.exe