Re: Security Bulletin MS03-42 - KB826232 causes 99% CPU usage

From: Ryan Ritterson (ryan.ritterson_at_[nospamplease)
Date: 10/22/03 

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:48:45 -0700

Following a posting to the NTBugTraq, and recently confimed by MS-

There is an issue with update.exe that does exactly what you are describing
if the user account running the patch doesn't have debug permissions. Added
that permission via group policy fixes the problem. (MS is aware and has
fixed the bug in newer versions)

-Ryan

"Scott T" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25BED638-2213-4E40-9A47-51F20B1FD2C3@microsoft.com...
> I'm having an intermitten problem with Security Bulletin MS03-42 -
KB826232.
>
> I created a batch file to install the five most recent security updates
for Win2K SP4 (using the /U /Q /Z options). In my testing, the installation
works well on about half of the servers, but on the rest, the install hangs
after applying MS03-42. I verified that the file, tshoot.ocx, is updated,
but the CPU utilization shoots up to 99% and doesn't complete (even after 1
hour). So, the batch file does not continue to the rest of the patches.
>
> I can kill the patch process via Task Manager and then launch the rest of
the patches by hand with no problem, but with over 120 servers left to
patch, it's going to be slow going unless I can figure out what's happening.
>
> Has anyone else ran across something like this?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Scott

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