According to the information I have from MSFT. You do not need to replace all instances of gdiplus.dll on a system and they actually recommend that you not do this. some instances of gdipluss.dll are not affected by this, It will depend on the application and they way it uses gdiplus.dll. According to the notes in the article for MS04-028 if you have Windows XP or Windows 2003 and you have IE6 SP1 installed or Producer for PowerPoint (all versions) you do not have to apply those two patches, the app uses the gdiplus.dll that is patched with the OS patch. This is not true of any other OS's to my knowledge. See the notes from the KB article below Re: Producer "Note This update is not required if you are using these programs on Windows XP. When these programs are installed on Windows XP or Windows XP Service Pack 1 they use the operating system version of the vulnerable component. If you are using these programs on Windows XP or Windows XP Service Pack 1 make sure that you install the operating system security update. If you are using these programs on Windows 2000 make sure that you install the update for these programs. These programs are not supported on Windows Server 2003. However, if they were installed on Windows Server 2003, they would also use the operating system version of the vulnerable component. If you are using these programs on Windows Server 2003 make sure that you install the Windows Server 2003 security update." Re: IE6 SP1 "Note This update is not required if you are using this program on Windows XP or Windows Sever 2003. When this program is installed on Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2003, it uses the operating system version of the vulnerable component. If you use this program on Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2003, make sure that you install the operating system version of the security update. If you use this program on other operating systems, make sure that you install the update for this program. Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 and is not vulnerable to this issue." So in your instance you will need to apply the patch for IE6 SP1, and Visio (depending on the version), Windows 2000 with SP3/4 is not affected by this and does not have a patch. If you really want to replace all instances of gdipluss.dll or get the versions of any dll you could write a VBScript that uses WMI to do that, it may have problems trying to replace the file if the dll is in use. Your apps may not work either after this. If you do that I would reccomend making a backup of them and then replacing them. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx Lastly, there is no all-in-one patch, MSFT said that this would create a package that was too large for people to download. I am not sure why they didn't do this, I don't think it has anything to do with the size, but I can only speculate. Here is a list of affected applications that is a little easier to read than the KB article: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/11173.html Hope that helps. -SE On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:23:42 -0400, Polazzo Justin <justin.polazzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to distribute the patch via patch management software, the > problem is, Do I replace all incarnations if gdiplus.dll? > > If I have a win2k box running IE6 sp1, I install the IE6 patch. Visio, and it there is a patch for Dreamweaver and AutoCad apply those, they will be from the companies that build them, not MS. > > Fine, I can handle that, but what about my win2k boxes running AutoCAD > 2004, Visio, IE6 and Dreamweaver? (all have gdiplus.dll, not sure which > ones need updating, but since the app versions of the dll are 5.1.3097.3 > (.net) and 5.1.3097 (ACAD) and the ms replacement dll's are 5.1.3102 I > am assuming yes) > > Is the package I should write is <script that looks for the DLL version > X and above, then replaces it with version Y> Would I use the SDK dll > for these other apps? Anyone know how to query for a dll version? > > Suggestions responses, and posting this will be greatly appreciated!! > > JP > > Ps: ARRRgh!! > > P.p.s: Am I missing the all in one patch? Is the GDI+ Detection Tool > available as download? Will the GDI detection tool search through non-ms > sw? >
