Saturday, August 11th 2007
AMD Responds to Vista Driver Security Flaw
The market recently discovered a potential security vulnerability that could impact AMD's Catalyst software package. After immediate investigation, AMD determined that a small section of code from one of the files in our installer package is potentially vulnerable.
The AMD plan is to provide a new ATI Catalyst package no later than Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, that resolves this vulnerability. We strongly recommend that desktop ATI Radeon graphics users update to Catalyst version 7.8 once it is available here.
AMD and Microsoft are also investigating additional distribution channels for this update. This vulnerability was not exclusive to AMD.
The AMD plan is to provide a new ATI Catalyst package no later than Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, that resolves this vulnerability. We strongly recommend that desktop ATI Radeon graphics users update to Catalyst version 7.8 once it is available here.
AMD and Microsoft are also investigating additional distribution channels for this update. This vulnerability was not exclusive to AMD.
12 Comments on AMD Responds to Vista Driver Security Flaw
Is that what you mean by unsigned? :toast:
xp and vista 64-bit enforce driver signing, so it is not possible anymore to load unsigned drivers. this is a big pain for atitool for example because our driver is unsigned, so you cant use it on vista64. to get around this i had to buy a code signing certificate for a few hundred bucks a year. the company giving you the certificate verifies that you are a legal company etc.