Posted on 08/09/2006 11:31:44 AM PDT by Zakeet
Microsoft, on Tuesday, issued yet another bumper crop of security updates to fix over 20 flaws in its software, its biggest update since it began the regular bulletins.
The 12 updates fix a staggering 23 flaws in Windows software, with 15 of them rated as critical, Microsoft's most severe rating. One of the 15 critical vulnerabilities has been tagged as a possible worm candidate; anonymous users can exploit the Service Server vulnerability remotely, regardless of the operating system.
Three of the flaws were discovered in Office products, including Powerpoint, while 20 were present in the Windows system. Mac users also need to beware, as the Powerpoint vulnerability can affect their systems.
Industry experts said that although 11 of the flaws were already known, the remaining 12 were discovered by Microsoft.
"This month 11 patched vulnerabilities were already public or were already exploited in-the-wild prior to [Tuesday's] announcements. Among them is the vulnerability in Powerpoint that was exploited in targeted attacks in mid-July," said security firm McAfee in a post on its Avert Labs blog.
This is the third month in a row that Microsoft has issued a large number of security patches for its software. In fact, according to McAfee, Microsoft has already dealt with more vulnerabilities this year than in 2004 and 2005 combined.
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Just to truncate your tennis match with RFC_Gal, might I recommend that you post a link to a site that lays out the exploits in detail?
I'd point out that you're making large claims, and then failing to substantiate them. You claim the information is out there ... well, give us the link. Or do you think there are hackers out there looking to FR for their hints?
The ones about there being a raft of vulnerabilities in FreeBSD....?
I do not know what a 'raft' constitutes.
I will type this slowly.
The base operating system kernel in OSX is a mach variant which isn't based on freebsd. freebsd is used mostly for userspace and as an interface to the mach kernel.
Stealing freeware and charging for it should bother a Linux user.
The BSD license permits such use. If the copyright owners don't have a problem with it why should I?
Please explan what you mean by linux or unix variant.
No.
You refuse to support the points you made in public so why should I bother to discuse in privite with someone who appears to be making things up as they go along?
Quite a nerve I hit with you...
:)
Not really. I just don't like those that act like experts on a topic they know next to nothing about.
Thank You, God.
Do you have a newer Mac?
I have a PC and just redid a fresh installation. All my updates and Win XP Pro takes close to 4 gigs alone.
It's beginning to drive me crazy that MS comes up with another gigs worth of patches every few months and i'm thinking of trying something different. The only problem is if i goto MAC i won't be able to run all my windows programs. :(
I might seek professional help when i get my next system and get Linux instead of windows.
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