Tag Archives: C++

The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – III

Posted on 2017-12-21 by guenni

[German]In parts 1 and 2 of the article series, I picked up a hint from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). In part 3 I sketch another … Continue reading →

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – II

Posted on 2017-12-20 by guenni

[German]In part 1 of the article series I had published a note from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). Part 2 deals with the e-mail correspondence between … Continue reading →

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – I

Posted on 2017-12-19 by guenni

[German]Blog reader Karl (al Qamar) informed me a while ago about a problem with securiy updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (Redistributables). Here are his findings about the issues. Advertising

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