Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), the leading global provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, announced today the immediate availability of a protection against the critical Microsoft Active Directory vulnerability disclosed in Microsoft's monthly "Patch Tuesday" release.
The new signature protects against a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Active Directory vulnerability that can be remotely exploited by hackers to gain a remote code execution on both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 platforms. Organizations that rely upon Microsoft Active Directory might suffer from a corruption, privileges modification and denial-of-service as a result of this attack.
Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use primarily in Windows environments. The main purpose of Active Directory is to provide central authentication and authorization services for Windows based computers. Active Directory also allows administrators to assign policies, deploy software, and apply critical updates to an entire organization. Active Directory stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database.
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Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), the global leader in integrated application delivery solutions, assures the full availability, maximum performance, and complete security of business-critical applications for more than 5,000 enterprises and carriers worldwide. With APSolute, Radware's comprehensive and award-winning suite of intelligent front end, access, and security products, companies in every industry can drive business productivity, improve profitability, and reduce IT operating and infrastructure costs by making their networks "business smart". For more information, please visit www.radware.com.
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