9th June 09- Patch tuesday
Well, as always, Microsoft has vowed to keep as busy by releasing critical patches. The list this tuesday is as follows:
Well, as always, Microsoft has vowed to keep as busy by releasing critical patches. The list this tuesday is as follows:
Hi folks!!!
Its patch tuesday again. This time MS has released 1 critical and 2 important patches.
Details:
1. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-006 – Critical
Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958690)
This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. The most serious vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted EMF or WMF image file from an affected system.
Hi all system admins…we again have some work to do : )
Microsoft released 4 patches this Tuesday. Details are as mentioned below.
Microsoft has released its MS09 series by patching a highly critical SMB vulnerability affecting Win2k, Win2k3, Winxp and even Vista and Win2k8.
Microsoft ratings are as mentioned below:
Wow!! Jumbo patch released by Microsoft after a long time (5 years). Out of these 28 patches, 23 of them have been rated Critical, 3 have been rated important and two as moderate. The patches were issued in eight updates for Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SharePoint, Windows Media, and popular development tools, Visual Basic and Visual Studio.
So these has to be in top to-do lists of security consultants. So one more reason to work or say drive the clients to work to patch.