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January Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on January 10th, 2012

Microsoft has announced seven new patches today, including three that could allow remote code execution.  MS12-004 is rated Critical by Microsoft and Gladiator recommends all institutions install this patch as soon as possible.  Additionally, Gladiator rates MS12-005 as critical and recommends all institutions apply this patch as soon as possible.  All other patches can be applied during your normal patch window.  Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s January Security Bulletin

November Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on November 8th, 2011

Microsoft has announced four new patches today, including two that could allow remote code execution.  MS11-083 is rated Critical and Gladiator recommends all users install this patch as soon as possible.  MS11-085 is rated Important, but Gladiator recommends all users install this patch as soon as possible to patch a vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.  Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s November Security Bulletin.  Summary information is included below:

October Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on October 11th, 2011

Microsoft has announced eight new patches today, including six that could allow remote code execution.  Two patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, the Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft Silverlight.  Gladiator recommends you apply MS11-078 and MS11-081 due to the risk of remote code exploitation.  Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s October Security Bulletin.  

September Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on September 13th, 2011

Microsoft has announced five new patches today, including three that could allow remote code execution.  All five patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows, Office, and Server software.  Despite the Important rating, Gladiator recommends you apply MS11-071, MS11-072, and MS11-073 due to the risk of remote code exploitation.  Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s September Security Bulletin.  Summary information is included below:

August Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on August 9th, 2011

Microsoft has announced thirteen new patches today to fix twenty vulnerabilities, including four that could allow remote code execution. Two patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Nine other patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Microsoft .NET Framework and Developer Tools. Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s August Security Bulletin. Summary information is included below:

July Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on July 12th, 2011

Microsoft has announced four new patches today to fix 22 vulnerabilities.  One patch is rated Critical by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows.  The three other patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s July Security Bulletin

May Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on May 10th, 2011

Microsoft has announced 2 new patches today to fix vulnerabilities with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  One patch is rated Critical by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows.  The other patch is rated Important by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Office.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply both patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s May Security Bulletin.