Microsoft patches bad browser bug
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A fix for a serious flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been released early to combat escalating attacks.
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Browser breakdowns seem to be endemic among the major players this month. Days after Microsoft released a patch to repair a bad update to Internet Explorer 6, Apple put forth a fix for its Safari browser.
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft released a patch for its latest &quot;critical&quot; rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs, the company said Tuesday.
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Microsoft on Wednesday released an update to Internet Explorer (IE) to fix a security flaw that was discovered a month ago and has since been exploited to attack users.
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Microsoft has released a "critical" patch to fix a security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software programs process images in the JPEG image format.
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A critical bug in the way the Firefox browser works with QuickTime media files is now fixed in today's update.
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An update to Firefox fixes a number of security flaws in the browser.
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(InfoWorld) - A new update for the Firefox browser fixes an unusual vulnerability that could cause malicious code to run if the browser is launched by Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The critical vulnerability involves Internet Explorer's ability to launch other applications such as Excel or Firefox after a user clicks on a specially written link in a Web page. Explorer does not properly check the syntax of the link, which could allow a malicious link to attack Firefox if launched, according to Mozilla, the open source project that develops Firefox. Microsoft said itÂ didn't feel it was an issue for Explorer. Either way, Firefox's 2.0.0.5 release fixes the problem by now validating incoming data. The update will automatically be pushed out to Firefox 2.0 users via the built-in update system, Mozilla said in an advisory. The update also fixes seven other vulnerabilities, two of which are considered "critical" by Mozilla. One problem, labelled 2007-18, is a memory corruption problem that could cause arbitrary code to run on a machine. The other, 2007-21, could also allow arbitrary code to run.
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Critical bug-fixes ship for Internet Explorer, DirectX, and Windows Media Format technology.
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TechWeb - Microsoft incorrectly flags users running Mozilla's Firefox browser that they need to update when they visit the Windows Web site.
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Third-party fix plugs a recently discovered browser flaw that's increasingly being exploited in cyberattacks.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft Corp. just can't seem to shake problems with itsÂ MS06-042 update for Internet Explorer. On Tuesday, Microsoft was forced toÂ release its third version of the update because of a new security bug discovered in the update, according to Tony Chor, a group program manager with Microsoft. First released on August 8, the critical patch fixes a handful of problems with the browser, but it has caused headaches for some users. Embarrassingly, it also introduced a security vulnerability into the browser, which was fixed last month. "The original release of MS06-042 introduced a new security vulnerability for IE 6.0 SP1 users which we addressed in a subsequent re-release," he wrote in aÂ Tuesday blog posting. "However... a similar vulnerability was also discovered in IE5.01 on Windows 2000, IE 6.0 SP1 (in a different location), and the original release of Windows Server 2003." Microsoft customers ran into problems with MS06-042 soon after it was released. Web sites that used HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) 1.1 compression to speed up the downloading of images could cause the browser to fail and users of Web-based applications such as PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Sage CRM had problems with the software. Later in August, securityÂ researchers at eEye Digital Security Inc.Â disclosed that Microsoft had introduced a new critical security vulnerability in the update. Two days later Microsoft fixed the eEye bug in the MS06-042 re-release. Apparently this re-release did not address this latest but "similar" vulnerability mentioned by Chor. Microsoft executives could not be reached immediately for comment. Microsoft often re-issues its security updates to fix minor bugs, but the security issue discovered by eEye placed a lot more scrutiny on MS06-042. Ultimately the update proved to be an ordeal for Microsoft's Security Response Center, and for Microsoft customers.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft has released its monthly set of security patches , fixing problems in Windows, Internet Explorer and in the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) software used for secure Web browsing.
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A group of software engineers who specialize in cracking code has delivered a patch for the new "zero day" flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, beating Redmond to the punch in addressing the critical vulnerability.
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What do Internet Explorer, Mozilla's browsers, and Opera all have in common? Bugs.
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Microsoft updates IE 7 due to performance issues with its phishing filter.
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Microsoft Corp.  released on Tuesday a patch for its latest "critical" rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs.