Windows 98 Security Patches Windows 98 Security Patches for 1999
Windows 98 Security Patches for 1999
11.30.99. The "Legacy Credential Caching" Patch eliminates a vulnerability in Windows 95/98 that is caused by a legacy mechanism for caching network security credentials. The vulnerability could allow a user's plaintext network password to be retrieved from the cache. Note: Windows 98 Second Edition is not affected by this issue, so users of Windows 98 SE do not need to download the patch.
11.13.99. The "File Access URL" Patch eliminates a vulnerability that could allow a malicious Web site or e-mail message to cause the Windows machine to crash, or to run arbitrary code via a buffer overrun technique. The buffer overrun is present in the networking software in all versions of Windows 95 and Windows 98; patches are available for both operating systems.
9.10.99. The "Malformed Telnet Argument" Patch eliminates a vulnerability in the Telnet client that ships as part of Microsoft Windows 95 and 98 (including original Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition). The vulnerability could allow arbitrary code to be executed on the user's computer. The Telnet client that ships as part of Windows 95 and 98 has an unchecked buffer. A specially-malformed argument could be passed to the client via a web page in order to cause arbitrary code to execute on the computer via a classic buffer overrun technique.
9.6.99. The "Fragmented IGMP Packet" Vulnerability patch eliminates the ability to send fragmented IGMP packets to your computer in order to disrupt the normal operation of the machine, including causing the machine to crash. While this problem mostly affects Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems, it can also affect Windows NT 4.0 as well.
