News: Seven critical in MS October patch batch
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Microsoft yesterday released 10 new security bulletins to fix multiple components in its Windows operating system and applications.
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This month's Patch Tuesday will be a light one in comparison with those before it, with only three updates due next week. However, Microsoft's patch for Office shouldn't be taken lightly; its rating will be "Critical," the company said Thursday.
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OCTOBER 12, 2004  - Microsoft Corp.&#39;s monthly patch release cycle may be making it more predictable for users to deploy software updates, but there appears to be little letup in the number of holes being discovered in the company&#39;s software
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On October 10, Microsoft will issue 11 security bulletins as part of this month's Patch Tuesday. Six of the updates affect Windows, with the highest severity being "critical." Another four patches will cover Microsoft Office, also with critical severity, while a moderate fix is slated for the .NET Framework.
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com December 14, 2004, 2:32 PM PT. Microsoft managed to give a small holiday gift to network administrators this month: No critical patches.
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September's set of security patches from Microsoft is a comparatively light one. The three fixes include a repair for a recently revealed hole in Microsoft Publisher, but a similar gap in Word continues to go unaddressed.
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Critical bug-fixes ship for Internet Explorer, DirectX, and Windows Media Format technology.
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Six vulnerabilities, one critical, have been patched in the latest round of Firefox patches issued Wednesday. For those keeping score at home, total browser patch counts so far in 2007 stand at Firefox 22, Internet Explorer 8.
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No critical patches for most Windows users Microsoft served comparatively modest fare for its monthly patch release on Tuesday, issuing only four security-related updates, only one of which carried its top severity rating of critical. It plugged a hole in a Windows 2000 component, while the other updates fixed vulnerabilities rated as important in instant messenger programs, Visual Studio .Net and Windows services for Unix found on several different versions of the Windows operating system.â¦
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Microsoft Corp., world&#39;s largest software maker, published numerous patches to fix 21 flaws in its software applications yesterday.
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Microsoft on Tuesday issued 10 security advisories - seven of them critical - urging consumers and businesses to patch 21 new flaws in Windows software products.
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Only one rated critical Microsoft's Security Response Center has provided advanced notification of the patches that are expected for release next week as part of the September Security Patch Release.â¦
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Microsoft is to give users three working days notice about upcoming security patches. Starting this month the software giant will provide a general summary of upcoming updates just before it releases patches
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will release five sets of security patches next Tuesday, including a critical update for users of Windows 2000,Â the company saidÂ Thursday. With the remaining four security updates rated as "important" by Microsoft, this latest round of patches appears to be less worrisome than the August updates. Last month,Â Microsoft released nine updates, six of which were rated critical. Microsoft rates its bug fixes as critical when attackers can exploit the flaws without requiring any user action. Also set to be patched this month are Visual Studio, Windows Services for Unix, SharePoint Services, and the Windows Live and MSN Messenger software. Microsoft releases its security patches on the second Tuesday of each month, generally around 11 a.m., Pacific time. With this latest rounds of patches, Microsoft will have released 55 updates in 2007, the same number it had released by September of last year.
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 10 software security patches for its products, including seven it deemed critical and that could allow remote attackers to take control of systems running the company's software.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will release six sets of security patches next Tuesday, four of which will fix critical flaws in the Windows operating system. The software will be released as part of Microsoft's regular monthly security release, known informally as "Patch Tuesday." Microsoft is also planning less critical updates for Visio and Windows Vista, the company said in a note, published Thursday. Microsoft considers an update critical when the flaw could be used by an attacker to remotely run unauthorized software on the victim's machine, theoretically leading to the propagation of an Internet worm. This month, Microsoft has revealed a few more details on the upcoming patches than it has in the past. That's part ofÂ a new plan to help IT administratorsÂ better prepare for Patch Tuesday by letting them know exactly what versions of Microsoft's products will be affected by the updates. Last month, Microsoft released seven groups of patches on Patch Tuesday.
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Microsoft posted a patch on Tuesday afternoon for Internet Security &amp; Acceleration Server 2000 and Proxy Server 2.0. The patch fixed a spoofing vulnerability that Microsoft rated an &quot;important&quot; problem.