Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2012 Released, Patches 23 Vulnerabilities

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Microsoft has wheeled out the security patches for May, 2012′s Patch Tuesday. The Patch Tuesday for May 2012 covers 7 security bulletins to fix at least 23 documented vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, .NET Framework and Silverlight.

Out of the seven bulletins, three are rated as “critical” because of the risk of remote code execution attacks, and the rest of the four bulletins are rated as “important“, as they will cover vulnerabilities that can cause code execution of privilege escalation attacks. [Read more...]

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Microsoft October Patch Tuesday: 8 Security Bulletins To Fix 23 Vulnerabilites

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Microsoft is planning to issue eight security bulletins which will fix 23 vulnerabilities in October’s Patch Tuesday. The software giant revealed the information through an advanced notification on Thursday.

The eight security bulletins will fix various problems in Windows operating system, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight, .NET Framework, and others. Two of the security bulletins are rated critical and will fix vulnerabilities in the .NET framework, Silverlight, Internet Explorer and Windows OS. The critical Internet Explorer flaw affects all supported versions of IE on all supported versions of Windows. The other six bulletins are rated as Important. Six of the bulletins will address Remote Code Execution problem, one fixes Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows and the other one fixes a Denial of Service problem in Microsoft Host Integration Server. Almost all the patches requires a system restart. [Read more...]

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July’s Patch Tuesday: Four Bulletins Will Fix 22 Vulnerabilities

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Microsoft is issuing 4 bulletins for Patch Tuesday this month which will fix 22 vulnerabilities.

Compared to June’s Patch Tuesday 16 security bulletins, this month Microsoft has issued almost one-fourth of the numbers. But this four bulletins will patch a huge number of vulnerabilities, 22 to be exact. Out of the four updates, one is rated “critical,” while the other three is marked “important.”

Three bulletins will update and fix Windows, while the fourth one will fix a number of vulnerabilities in Visio 2003. The critical Windows bulletin and the important Office update both fix remote code execution issues; the other two important Windows fixes resolve elevation of privilege flaws. All the three Windows updates needs a reboot to apply, though the Office update may need a reboot. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday June 2011: Critical Security Issues in Windows, IE, Office

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Microsoft has issued an advanced security bulletin notification for June 2011 Patch Tuesday.

Unlike last month’s only two bulletins, this month Microsoft has issued 16 bulletins, covering a range of security holes in the Windows operating system, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, SQL Server and Visual Studio.

Nine of the 16 security bulletins are rated “critical” by Microsoft and almost all of them requires a system restart. The rest seven bulletins are rated ”Important.” The 9 critical bulletins are for a remote code execution vulnerability. And out of the 9, two of the critical bulletins will address severe vulnerabilities in the Internet Explorer web browser. This month will include a critical security patch for the latest Internet Explorer 9 web browser. [Read more...]

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Microsoft Releases Two Bulletins for May’s Patch Tuesday

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This month, Microsoft has issued just two bulletins for Patch Tuesday, one each for Windows and Office. These two bulletins addresses one vulnerability in the Windows operating system and two in the Office productivity suite. Compared to last month’s 17 bulletins which patched 64 vulnerabilities, this month’s patch can be considered very light.

Out of these two bulletins, the Windows bulletin has a critical security rating; while the Office bulletin has only an important rating. Both patches solve remote code execution flaws in the affected software. [Read more...]

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Microsoft Releases 17 Bulletins Fixing 64 Issues on April Patch Tuesday

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Microsoft has released an advance notification of 17 security bulletins that the software giant is intending to release on April 12, 2011. Last month, the software giant released only 3 bulletins which fixed four vulnerabilities. Next week Microsoft is going to release 17 bulletins, fixing 64 different vulnerabilities. Nine bulletins are critical, with all carrying the risk of remote code execution. The remaining eight bulletins are ranked important; six of these enable remote code execution, one allows privilege escalation, and the last can lead to information disclosure. Seven of the bulletins have mandatory restarts; the remainder “may” do so.

Along with the typical patches for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office, a couple of the security bulletins include patches for Office Web Apps and Visual Studio. The security bulletins does not include any patches for Internet Explorer 9; apparently it seems that the latest browser version is immune to the flaws that are affecting IE versions 6, 7, and 8 that will be patched next week. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday: March 2011 Edition

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Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday was very critical with 12 updates fixing 22 vulnerabilities, out of which three are 0-day vulnerabilities. The bulletins address issues in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Visual Studio and IIS. March in comparison with last month is fairly quiet month for Patch Tuesday patches. This month’s Patch Tuesday will have just three bulletins going out, two for Windows operating system and one for Groove 2007 users. These three bulletins are going to patch a total of four vulnerabilities.

Out of the two bulletins for Windows, one bulletin rated critical; the Groove bulletin and the other Windows bulletin rated as important. All three bulletins “may” need a restart after installation. [Read more...]

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February 2011 Patch Tuesday: Advance Security Notification [Microsoft]

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Microsoft for February’s Patch Tuesday has released an advanced notification about the upcoming security patches. Microsoft will be issuing 12 updates fixing 22 vulnerabilities, out of which three are 0-day vulnerabilities. These patches will update Windows operating system, Internet Explorer, and the Visio software.

Three bulletins, including the Internet Explorer patch, earn the most severe “Critical” rating. The remaining nine, including the Visio fix, earn a still significant “Important” score. All the patches excluding three of the fixes will need a reboot. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Microsoft Office, News and Updates, Security, Windows