Download Microsoft SQL Server bug fix

Patches have been released for Microsoft SQL Server that resolve buffer overflow issues. The patch is for version 7.0 here and for version 2000 is the patch here† Below is an explanation of what the bug involved.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in one of two ways. They could attempt to load and execute a database query that calls one of the affected functions. Conversely, if a web-site or other database front-end were configured to access and process arbitrary queries, it could be possible for an attacker to provide inputs that would cause the query to call one of the functions in question with the appropriate malformed parameters