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MacNala Patched Threat
Member 15th Dec, 2008 11:13
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May I question the meaning of this heading.
I understand it to mean that if the program in question were not patched I would be exposed to a threat of some kind.
What are the significant levels. I cannot find any explanation.
Would it not be better to indicate the threat on unpatched software, patched software is presumably not a problem. It is an impossible situation to assess what the threat might be if one of the patched or unpatched programs becomes the target of malicious software until it happens.

BigDave_39 RE: Patched Threat
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I think you can find the explanation for the 5 different threat levels here:
http://secunia.com/advisories/about/


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MacNala RE: Patched Threat
Member 16th Dec, 2008 11:58
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Thanks for that response. It did indeed explain the levels of threat clearly. I still think there is a misnomer here due to the preceived threat being unknown.
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