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Vole promises patches next week

by on10 July 2009

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Yeah we have known about the flaw for months

Microsoft today said it would deliver six security updates next week including two for holes that hackers have been using for months.

Three will affect Windows, and one each will patch problems in Publisher, Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) and Microsoft's Virtual PC and Virtual Server software. The Windows updates will be tagged "critical," Microsoft's highest threat ranking, while the others will be marked "important.”

The crucial ones fix a flaw in zero-day vulnerabilities. One is a vulnerability in DirectX's DirectShow and another in an ActiveX control exploitable through IE6 and IE7. Redmond claims that two of the three critical Windows fixes next week will address vulnerabilities it talked about last week.

Normally Microsoft does not say which bugs will be patched, but Microsoft has hinted that it is very important that these bugs are fixed.
Last modified on 10 July 2009
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