Critical Vista, IE 7 patches highlight MS security updates
This month’s batch of patches from Microsoft includes six bulletins covering at least 15 vulnerabilities, including several critical code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.
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13.6.2007 XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Critical Security Patches
The latest Critical security patches for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 are available from Microsoft.
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13.8.2008 September 2009 Security Patches
This month MS released five critical bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Windows and protect customers from two types of threats.
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9.9.2009 Microsoft Patches 28 Security Flaws
Microsoft scaled back its October patch event by one on Tuesday, electing to release ten patches. Five patches are intended for Windows, the highest rating of those being critical; four for Office, with the highest rating also being critical; and one moderate patch for the .NET framework.
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12.10.2006 Microsoft to release 12 Security patches next Tuesday!
Bink is reporting that on Tuesday April 10, 2007 Microsoft plans to release the following updates as part of its Patch Tuesday cycle.
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7.2.2008 Microsoft February Patch Tuesday: 12 security patches
At this time no additional information on these bulletins such as details regarding severity or details regarding the vulnerability will be made available until 13 February 2007.
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10.2.2007 Patch Tuesday: MS plans 5 Security Patches, 4 for Windows
Bink is reporting that on Tuesday April 10, 2007 Microsoft plans to release the following updates as part of its Patch Tuesday cycle.
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6.4.2007 September Critical Security Bulletins Advance Notification, 5 patches
This is an advance notification of five security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on September 11, 2007.
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6.9.2007 Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
Microsoft’s batch of patches this month is a big one: 10 bulletins covering a total of 31 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Windows OS, the Internet Explorer browser and the Microsoft Office productivity suite (Word, Works and Excel).
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9.6.2009 Microsoft Windows Vista Security: Setting a New Standard for Security and Privacy Through Innovation and Collaboration
For more than 30 years, information and communications technologies have transformed the global economy and personal communications.
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17.9.2006 No Critical Patches for Vista SP2
Come June 9, 2009, Microsoft plans to release no less than 10 security bulletins for various supported releases of Internet Explorer, Windows client and server operating systems and the Office System.
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5.6.2009 Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista hole
Microsoft on Tuesday delivered one “critical” addressing two vulnerabilities in XP and Vista and one “important” vulnerability in Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003.
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8.1.2008 Microsoft Patches Critical Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Vulnerabilities
It's patching time yet again for Microsoft, as the software giant made available no less than eight security bulletins on December 9, 2008, designed to plug vulnerabilities in a range of products including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
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10.12.2008 Vista SP2 and XP SP3 June 2009 Patches ISO Image Available
This month’s release addresses 31 total vulnerabilities with 15 rated as “1” on our Exploitability Index, meaning there is a high likelihood that reliable exploit code may be developed in the next 30 days,” stated Jerry Bryant, Sr. security program manager lead.
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12.6.2009 Microsoft Security Advisory 927891 non security-Fix for Windows Installer
Ok this is the MSI fix (Windows Update Client 100%CPU issue) as discussed before here on Bink.nu. For best results also install the new update client . This client will be distributed worldwide in June through Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS.
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23.5.2007 XP SP3 and Vista SP1: DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 Patches Updated
Two security bulletins, from December 2007 and from June 2008 respectively, affecting the DirectX components of a wide range of Windows operating systems including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, have been updated.
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17.7.2008 Security Tab Fixer for Windows XP - Activate Security Tab Under File, Folder Property Menu
Unlike Windows Vista & Windows 7, Window XP do not show Security tab under file or folder properties dialogue box.
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28.6.2009 Two Unofficial IE Patches Block Attacks
eWeek reports that two well-respected Internet security companies (eEye and Determina) have released unofficial patches to correct the vulnerability being exploited to load spyware, bots and Trojan downloaders on Windows machines.
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29.3.2006 Third-party Microsoft patches could get new life
It has been nearly three years since Microsoft moved to a monthly patch release schedule as a way to rein in some of the chaos that had begun to engulf its vulnerability reporting and repair efforts.
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1.8.2006 Microsoft Patches 23 Vulnerabilities
As part of its monthly security update cycle, Microsoft on Tuesday released a dozen security bulletins. Nine of them are tagged critical, the company's highest severity rating. The alerts give details of 20 flaws in Windows and three in Office, all of which Microsoft has now fixed.
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9.8.2006 Microsoft pulls four planned patches
Microsoft has pulled four bulletins from its announced list of Patch Tuesday fixes, but did not specify why it was backpedaling on the security releases.
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6.1.2007 Microsoft to release four critical patches
Microsoft announced plans Thursday to issue four "critical" security bulletins next week that address vulnerabilities in its Windows Mail, Internet Explorer and Windows XP.
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8.6.2007 Microsoft preps four Office patches
Microsoft is planning at least four security updates next week in its Patch Tuesday release for March.
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11.3.2008 Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All users
It’s time for Microsoft’s policy of tying the availability of Windows Updates to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation to end.
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2.4.2009 6 patches for July patch Tuesday
Microsoft on Tuesday will issue six security bulletins for patch Tuesday reports PC Magazine.
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11.7.2009 Microsoft Delays 11 Patches To Push One
The company has made delivering the patch for the vulnerability cited in security bulletin MS06-040 its highest security priority, letting other patches slide until later, a program manager confirms.
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16.8.2006 Microsoft Patches Windows Cursor Flaw
As expected, Microsoft has released security update MS07-017, which patches a critical vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling. The company says it was working on the fix since December, and has posted it early due to reports of attacks.
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4.4.2007 Exploits Hot on the Heels of Microsoft's Patches
Exploit code for two of Tuesday's patches have been posted to mailing lists by researchers. Exploits appeared within hours for two of the bugs that Microsoft Corp. fixed Tuesday.
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14.6.2007 Critical MS Office Patches Coming
It is likely that this batch of patches will finally provide cover for well-known—and already exploited—vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel.
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7.3.2008 Four important Microsoft patches due Tuesday
Microsoft will release four security patches for its Windows, Exchange, and SQL products next Tuesday, all rated "important."
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4.7.2008Fewer patches != safer OS
Urs P. Küderli: Does one OS having fewer security patches than another operating system mean that the OS with the fewer patches is the safest OS?
You know, Im not sold on that concept.
As we near the first anniversary of the consumer launch of Windows Vista well be seeing
pundits all over the media taking a look back at the Vistas first year. One aspect of Vista that some will undoubtedly be looking at is patches and
how many have been issued for Vista (in fact, my blogging colleague Ed Botts already done this). Many will interpret the fact that XP has had more
patches rated critical and important than Vista as an indication that Vista is safer than XP (in fact, this is the conclusion that Ed himself came
to).
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17.12.2007Microsoft releasing 4 security patches on Tuesday
Microsoft has posted a security bulletin advanced notice on their website, detailing 4 patches to be released on Tuesday, February the 10th,
addressing security issues within their Windows operating systems. The patches, targeted at Internet Explorer 7, Exchange, SQL and Visio, are rated
by Microsoft as critical (for the first two) and important (for the other two). These will cover a range of operating systems, including Windows 2000
SP4, Windows XP SP2/3, Windows Server 2003/2008 and Windows Vista SP1. Additionally, Microsoft has stated "Microsoft will release an updated version
of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download
Center".
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06.02.2009Apple Patches 20 Tiger Security Flaws
Apple released its monthly security update late Monday, comprised of a whopping 34 patches for a variety of security vulnerabilities across its server and client operating systems. Many of the flaws stem from third party utilities that are bundled with Mac OS X, including Apache and MySQL...
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16.08.2005Cisco Patches Router, Call
Manager Software
Patches address several
different security
vulnerabilities...
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20.01.2006Three critical patches on tap from Microsoft
Next Tuesday's regular monthly distribution of security patches will include three for DirectX, Windows Media, and Internet Explorer...
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07.12.2007Microsoft Patches Vista Flaw, 4 Others
As part of April's Patch
Tuesday, Microsoft corrected
an issue within Windows Vista
that could allow for a variety
of attack vectors, along with
issuing patches for three
other Windows flaws and one in
Content Management Server...
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11.04.200712 Security patches from MS
Just one day before
Valentine's Day, Microsoft
plans to release twelve
patches fixing a variety of
issues in Windows, Office,
Visual Studio, and several
other applications. At least
five of these patches will be
rated "critical."
If all patches
were delivered as expected, it
would tie a record for most
patches issued in a single
month. The last time Microsoft
issued this many patches was
in August 2006, when ten
patches fixed Windows issues,
and another two fixed Office
problems.
It is fairly likely that one
of the Office updates will fix
holes now being exploited by a
range of zero-day attacks,
most of which have appeared
since December of last year.
At least four unpatched issues
exist, according to security
researchers.
Most of the patches will
come for Windows -- five in
total - with at least one
being rated "critical." It
is possible that the first
confirmed flaw in Windows
Vista could be fixed, which
involves a memory buffer issue
in the Win32 library.
Of the rest of the
patches, one each is expected
for the following: an
important patch for Windows
and Visual Studio; an
important patch for
Step-by-Step Interactive
Training; a critical patch for
Microsoft Data Access
Components; and a critical
patch concern the company's
OneCare, Antigen, Windows
Defender, and Forefront
security tools.
As is standard
practice, Microsoft has not
released any details of the
issues to be fixed by
Tuesday's release.
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09.02.2007Microsoft details upcoming April 2009 security patches
Microsoft has posted a security bulletin advance notification for their patches coming up this month. This month there's a hefty amount of updates
listed as 'critical', so it's probably best to be aware of these and be prepared to install them.
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10.04.2009Patch Tuesday for November
Microsoft is set to release six security bulletin patches this coming Tuesday. Three of the six have been labeled as Critical, Microsoft's
highest security rating, and three more patches labeled as Important, the second highest security rating. The patches are due to release on
November 10 and will focus on patching Remote Code Executions and DoS (Denial of Service) flaws in the Windows operating system. Four of the patches
will be released for Windows, while two will patch Remote Code Executions in Microsoft Office.
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06.11.2009Microsoft Issues 5 Critical Patches
November's Patch Tuesday has
brought with it five
"critical" patches
correcting 11 security
vulnerabilities, along with an
"important" fix for
two vulnerabilities related to
Novell's NetWare. Among the
list of patches is one for a
highly publicized flaw in
Microsoft's XML Core Services
component...
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15.11.2006Microsoft Patches 28 Security Flaws
Microsoft scaled back its
October patch event by one on
Tuesday, electing to release
ten patches. Five patches are
intended for Windows, the
highest rating of those being
critical; four for Office,
with the highest rating also
being critical; and one
moderate patch for the .NET
framework...
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11.10.2006Seven critical Windows patches next Tuesday, including to Media Player
Microsoft's regular pre-briefing on monthly security issues contained some dire news, including patches for a reportedly "Critical"
vulnerability affecting Windows Media Player for XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2008...
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09.08.2008Microsoft to Issue 7 Security
Patches
Microsoft plans to release 7
security bulletins as part of
its July 11 Patch Tuesday, the
company said Thursday. Four of
the updates are for Windows,
with the most severe being
rated as "critical."
Three other patches are
directed at Office, also with
a maximum severity of
"critical."..
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07.07.2006iPhone users now fear security patches, say analysts
Apple's decision last week to bundle an iPhone-crippling firmware upgrade with 10 security patches for the device was a mistake, analysts said
Monday.
Thursday's iPhone Update 1.1.1 included not only new features and functionality -- including access to the iTunes Wi-Fi
Music Store -- but plugged holes in the device's built-in Safari browser, e-mail software, and Bluetooth implementation.
But it
was the news that the update "bricked," or disabled, iPhones modified to work with networks other than AT&T that caught the attention of security
analysts like Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security.
"With the iPhone update, Apple is now
producing a fear of taking their patches," Storms said. "If they release a functionality update and security fixes at the same time in the future,
some users will think twice about applying it. They'll ask themselves, 'What will it break this time?' Will it backfire on me?' ..
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02.10.2007Microsoft Remedies 14 Flaws in Nine Patches
Microsoft fixed a total of 14
flaws across 9 patches on
Tuesday, with six of those
patches reaching critical
status. While the number of
patches is far from the
Redmond company's record,
this month could prove
difficult for administrators...
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15.08.2007Microsoft Readies 12 Security
Patches
Microsoft plans to release
twelve updates as part of its
monthly Patch Tuesday program,
the most since February of
last year and second largest
overall. Of the dozen patches,
nine are for Windows issues,
two for Office, and one for
Exchange...
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09.06.2006Six Patches Coming on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft will issue six
security patches next Tuesday,
of which at least two will
have a rating of critical.
Missing from this list is a
patch for a recently
discovered zero-day flaw in
Word: no updates are scheduled
for the Office suite...
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08.12.200610 Windows, 2 Office Patches
Issued
Microsoft on Tuesday issued
twelve security bulletins,
including 7 "critical"
patches for Windows and 2
critical updates for Office.
Three other
"important" patches
were released for Windows. All
told, Microsoft fixed over 20
vulnerabilities in the two
products...
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09.08.2006Eight Patches To Ring in New Year 2007
Microsoft plans to release
eight security patches, of
which at least two will be
critical. Three will affect
Microsoft Office, one each for
vulnerabilities in Visual
Studio and both Windows and
Office, and three for flaws in
Office alone...
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05.01.2007Windows Vista Security One Year Later
Now that Windows Vista has been available to business customers for more than a year, it’s a good time to go back and look at how it’s
holding up from a security perspective. I think that it’s fair to say that Windows Vista is proving to be the most secure version of the
Windows to date. Our investments in the SDL and our defense in depth approach to building Windows Vista seem to be paying off. Let’s take a
look at some areas that we’ve made progress in: the impact of defense-in-depth; Internet Explorer 7’s protection of personal information;
vulnerabilities and infections; and cost savings. First, let’s look at the impact of defense-in-depth features like User Account Control and
Internet Explorer Protected Mode. These features have helped reduce both the risk and severity of security bulletins, giving enterprises more time to
deploy patches:
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