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[News] Microsoft Brings Biggest Batch of "Critical" Patches Since February, Vista and Mac OS Office Affected Too

  • Subject: [News] Microsoft Brings Biggest Batch of "Critical" Patches Since February, Vista and Mac OS Office Affected Too
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:41:43 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Microsoft issues 6 'critical' patches

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| The updates affect many versions of Windows, Server and Office software -- 
| including Windows XP and Windows Vista -- and are meant to prevent hackers 
| from breaking into Web surfers' computers using specially crafted Web pages.  
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security

Microsoft releases super bundle of security patches

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/14/Microsoft-releases-super-bundle-of-security-patches_1.html?source=rss&url=www.infoworld.com%2Farticle%2F07%2F08%2F14%2FMicrosoft-releases-super-bundle-of-security-patches_1.html

Macs are affected by Microsoft software:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-043 - Critical

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS07-043.mspx

Even after patching, all users remain vulnerable.


Yesterday:

Buffer the Overflow Slayer v. the ActiveX Files

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| The vulnerability was discovered by Krystian Kloskowski and is rated "highly 
| critical" in this posting on Secunia. It's also discussed here on the US-Cert 
| website. Proof-of-concept code can be found on MilW0rm here.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/14/sdk_spreads_vuln_love/

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