Microsoft on Friday announced that it will issue a record 13 security bulletins on its next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which will arrive Oct. 13. It rates eight of these as critical and the rest as important. The bulletins address 34 vulnerabilities across a variety of Microsoft products, ranging from Windows to its Forefront security app to Internet Explorer. Ten of the 13 bulletins address flaws that enable remote code execution. Eight of these are ranked critical and the other two important.
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Microsoft Preps for Ginormous Patch Tuesday
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 9, 2009 11:23 AMMicrosoft on Friday announced that it will issue a record 13 security bulletins on its next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which will arrive Oct. 13. It rates eight of these as critical and the rest as important. The bulletins address 34 vulnerabilities across a variety of Microsoft products, ranging from Windows to its Forefront security app to Internet Explorer. Ten of the 13 bulletins address flaws that enable remote code execution. Eight of these are ranked critical and the other two important.