WordPress wp-trackback.php flaw

I find it pretty annoying to read through system logs and see that people in Russia appear to be loudly searching for systems vulnerable to a wp-trackback.php flaw. Is this the one from 2005 or the one from 2006, or is this a result of the January 5th, 2007 security warning and 2.0.6 release?

It appears the Russians (or at least Russian speaking users, perhaps someone who is a fan of Belfegor, coming from cedsl.simtel.ru:3128 (Oops 1.5.24 proxy) using 89.19.160.21) are trying the following Google query to find targets:

http://www.google.ru/search?q=inurl:wp-trackback.php&hl=ru&lr=&newwindow=1&start=10&sa=N

Patch, patch, patch

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