It is still only checking for one hotfix. I have attached an updated version which is hopefully easier to read, along with the diff file. There are a few other plugins which have similar problems. I plan to fix these as well. What is the best way to submit patches? Nathan -----Original Message----- From: plugins-writers-bounces@private [mailto:plugins-writers-bounces@private] On Behalf Of Renaud Deraison Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:33 PM To: plugins-writers@private Subject: Re: [Plugins-writers] Checking Windows Patches Using Registry On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 03:24:50PM -0400, hallnk@private wrote: > There are some patches for Windows which are covered by more than one > hotfix. Accurately checking for these patches requires checking multiple > keys in the windows registry. One example of this is MS03-027 (Nessus > plug-in #11792). This hotfix is also included in the Windows XP Update > Rollup 1 (see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826939). Therefore to > check if the hotfix is applied both the key > "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP\SP2\Q811493" and > "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP\SP2\K826939" must be > checked. If either key is present the vulnerability is patched. Between > the XP Update Rollup and some cases where one patch supersedes another > there is the possibility of false positives in scans. > Good point - I've integrated your patch, thanks ! _______________________________________________ Plugins-writers mailing list Plugins-writers@private http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/plugins-writers
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