Microsoft released nine security updates this past Tuesday.
When it came time to run Automatic Update on my Windows XP SP2 virtual machine (running under Parallels) I got 12 updates, so Microsoft pushed more than the security updates. The updates broke down as follows (all links are to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article number listed):
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There’s a couple of updates to last Tuesday’s Microsoft patches that are worth mentioning.
First, Microsoft updated MS07-036 to include Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac as a vulnerable application. So if you run Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac you’ll need to patch it. I don’t run the software so can’t say how the patch works. The [...]
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Apple joins the the Tuesday patch party and releases updates to Quicktime and iTunes. The patches are for the software on both Windows and OS X.
The Quicktime update, to version 7.2 includes eight security vulnerability fixes in addition to updates to the H.264 codec, support for full screen viewing and “numerous bug fixes”. As with [...]
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It’s the second Tuesday of July and that means patches from Microsoft. This month brings six patches, three rated critical, two important, and one moderate. Only five patches are for desktop software and Windows Vista also gets its own unique patch although it’s the one rated moderate. Of these, only the .NET patches and [...]
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Apple has released a security-only update for the sixth straight month this year. It’s the appropriately named Security Update 2007-006.This update is needed for 10.4.9 along with the just released 10.4.10. It’s also needed for 10.3.9.
Two security vulnerabilities are addressed. One is in Webcore and can allow cross-site scripting attacks.
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Microsoft released six security patches today. Four of them were rated critical, one important and one moderate. There are patches for all supported desktop OS platforms, Internet Explorer, a couple mail apps and for a couple versions of Visio. There aren’t any Office patches.
The critical desktop patches are:
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