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HTML Help Workshop
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F. David del Campo Hill
2009-01-20 18:33:03 UTC
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There has been a serious security vulnerability discovered in HTML Help
Workshop 4.74 (see
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0133).

From the date of the last update of that software (2003), I think HTML Help
Workshop is not an actively developed package, so I would like to ask if
anyone here knows if MS is going to patch that vulnerability or not. I have
an application which uses that software for building .chm files.

Thank you for your help.

David
Pete Lees
2009-01-22 13:33:03 UTC
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Hi, David,
Post by F. David del Campo Hill
There has been a serious security vulnerability discovered in HTML Help
Workshop 4.74 (see
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0133).
From the date of the last update of that software (2003), I think HTML Help
Workshop is not an actively developed package, so I would like to ask if
anyone here knows if MS is going to patch that vulnerability or not. I have
an application which uses that software for building .chm files.
I will forward your question to Microsoft for further investigation.

Pete
F. David del Campo Hill
2009-01-22 14:42:12 UTC
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Dear Pete,

Out of curiosity, is there an official mechanism to ask MS questions like
these?

David
Post by Pete Lees
Hi, David,
Post by F. David del Campo Hill
There has been a serious security vulnerability discovered in HTML Help
Workshop 4.74 (see
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0133).
From the date of the last update of that software (2003), I think HTML Help
Workshop is not an actively developed package, so I would like to ask if
anyone here knows if MS is going to patch that vulnerability or not. I have
an application which uses that software for building .chm files.
I will forward your question to Microsoft for further investigation.
Pete
Pete Lees
2009-01-22 17:16:01 UTC
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Hi, David,
Post by F. David del Campo Hill
Out of curiosity, is there an official mechanism to ask MS questions like
these?
I don't believe there is. I have the contact details of some of the
Microsoft Help developers because I was once a Microsoft Help MVP.

I'll let you know if I get a response to your query.

Pete

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