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December Patch Tuesday

Posted on December 10th, 2008

Microsoft has released 8 new patches resolving 6 critical and 2 important vulnerabilities found in its various products.  The vulnerability for the Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Control has publicly available exploit code, so it should be patched as soon as possible. The products with critical severity vulnerabilities include:

  • GDI
  • Windows Search
  • Internet Explorer
  • Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files (ActiveX Controls)
  • Microsoft Office Word
  • Microsoft Office Excel

Patch Tuesday

Posted on October 14th, 2008

Today is Patch Tuesday, Microsoft’s monthly patch release day.  There were 11 new advisories released, with 4 of them critical, 6 important and 1 moderate.  The critical patches deal with Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Host Integration Server and Microsoft Excel.  These should be applied as soon as possible.   Remember to test them on a subset of your servers first to make sure they’re compatible with all of the software you currently run.