Microsoft has pulled four bulletins from its announced list of Patch Tuesday fixes, but did not specify why it was backpedalling on the security releases.
As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday eight security bulletins to plug holes in its software products.
As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday two security bulletins with fixes for flaws in Windows.
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Microsoft has released its March 2008 security bulletin, which includes four bulletins, all deemed critical by Microsoft.
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Microsoft's August security announcement only saw one bulletin, MS04-026, "Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting and Spoofing Attacks." Here are the details.
In August, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, rating nine as critical threats. (The remaining three are important threats.) With that many updates in a single month, how do you know which ones to concentrate on first?
Microsoft's quick-fix Windows security patches seem to be creating problems of their own, so is it wrong for them to be released in the first place?
Acting on complaints from its customers, Microsoft says it plans to simplify its patch technology and expand its automatic update service to include more products.
Although several of the new vulnerabilities in IE are classified as only moderate threats, an HTML buffer overrun flaw could allow attackers to gain user-level access to any computer that connects to a malicious Web site or that opens an HTML e-mail.
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