Third Party Company Patches 'Half Life' Flaws
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A company called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pivx.com/">PivX Solutions<a> has taken it upon themselves to release a patch for the popular PC game 'Half Life'.
Even though the game isn't exactly fresh on the shelves anymore, the security research company nevertheless alerted <a target="_blank" href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/">Valve<a> (Half-Life's developer) to flaws it had found in the game, but apparently the games developer failed to produce a patch quick enough.
The flaws in question made players of the game susceptible to denial-of-service attacks and complete code execution by an attacker.
The company, obviously a big fan of the game, decided to produce their own third party patch for other users. It is still unclear whether or not <a target="_blank" href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/">Valve<a> themselves will be releasing their own version of the patch.
GET THE PATCH:
http://www.pivx.com/preparationv/
The full report:
http://rss.com.com/2100-1043_3-5058257.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Even though the game isn't exactly fresh on the shelves anymore, the security research company nevertheless alerted <a target="_blank" href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/">Valve<a> (Half-Life's developer) to flaws it had found in the game, but apparently the games developer failed to produce a patch quick enough.
The flaws in question made players of the game susceptible to denial-of-service attacks and complete code execution by an attacker.
The company, obviously a big fan of the game, decided to produce their own third party patch for other users. It is still unclear whether or not <a target="_blank" href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/">Valve<a> themselves will be releasing their own version of the patch.
"Due to the severity of these vulnerabilities, PivX waited much longer than the industry standard of 30 days for a patch to be created and distributed by the vendor," the company said in a statement. "However, after 100 days and no patch or fix from Valve, despite repeated inquiries, PivX has decided to (address) these vulnerabilities with our free fix."
GET THE PATCH:
http://www.pivx.com/preparationv/
The full report:
http://rss.com.com/2100-1043_3-5058257.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
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