13 security patches on Tuesday!

[Super-Magician]

Wow!! A whopping thirteen (13) patches next week! Quote from MSFN news page:

Windows administrators are going to be busy next week, as Microsoft plans to release a whopping thirteen security patches for its products. The updates will include a fix for a widely reported vulnerability in Microsoft Word, as well as changes to the way Internet Explorer (IE) handles ActiveX that might cause headaches for some. Nine of the patches will address vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, some of which Microsoft rates critical. There will also be one "Important" fix for Microsoft Exchange, and two patches for Microsoft Office, including software that repairs the Word bug.

Last month hackers began e-mailing the Word malware to a handful of victims -- mostly within government agencies or contractors -- in a series of extremely targeted attacks, said Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer at the SANS Institute. But as knowledge of the Word flaw has spread, researchers like Ullrich fear that it may be used in a more widespread attack. The vulnerability can be exploited to run unauthorized software on PCs, although users must first be first tricked into opening a maliciously encoded Word document.

Full story: InfoWorld

Based on the InfoWorld article, nine of the patches will fix vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system.

Edited June 9, 2006 by Super-Magician

[Tomcat76]

Heheh... Or undo fixes two weeks after....

[Camarade_Tux]

And I had no time to install my new system. :arghh:

[Aluminum]

Ok let me check my rules-of-thumb for Microsoft Products:

-Never buy the first version of anything new

-Never upgrade until theres at least one service pack, preferably two

-Never buy retail if you can help it

And now it seems theres a new one:

-Wait two weeks for hotfixes/patches to see if theres a hotfix/patch for the original hotfix/patch

Yay!

[Super-Magician]

13 patches next week! See main post.

[jroc]

guess they need to update their spyware...because of the attention its bringing...I know there will be a updated KB905474 (1.5.532.2) for some.....LOL

here is the new WGA if anyone wants it:

http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...2d496154544.exe

Edited June 9, 2006 by jroc

[Tomcat76]

Windows administrators are going to be busy next week,

Me thinks an admin would know how to craft a nice batch file to fulfill the task without extra effort...

[Kiki Burgh]

HFSLIP will most likely be busy again for taking all these in ...

tommyp & Tomcat76 ... here goes another round!

add to this taking care of DX June rel ...

he! he!

[Super-Magician]

Kiki: Nothing to take care of for the June DX9c update. There is no new d3dx9 CAB file in this one. Plus, every new d3dx9 file is automatically supported.

[Kiki Burgh]

got it sir ...

from you too from the dx thread ...

thanks ...