Microsoft to roll out 13 updates on Patch Tuesday

Posted on Friday, August 05 2011 @ 18:37 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
TC Mag writes Microsoft will release 13 security updates on Tuesday. The updates will address a total of 22 vulnerabilities.
According to the advance notification already sent out, this coming Tuesday, August 9th, Microsoft will be releasing 13 updates, two rated 'critical', nine ranked 'important' and two 'moderate', to address no less than 22 vulnerabilities found in its software products.

The incoming patches will resolve bugs affecting Windows (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008), Office, Internet Explorer, .NET and Visual Studio, bugs that could lead to information disclosure, privilege elevation, denial of service attacks, and remote code execution.


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