Microsoft’s monthly security update contains only two advisories — not a bad number for the vendor, which in the past has rolled out fixes for a dozen or more flaws at one time. Another positive thing about this Patch Tuesday was the absence of any vulnerabilities in Vista. Still, the relative scarcity of vulnerabilities this month should not discount how significant these potential exploits can be to end users and system administrators, say security analysts at Qualys and Sophos.
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Microsoft Zaps Zero Day Exploit in Patch Tuesday Release
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 14, 2007 01:11 PMMicrosoft’s monthly security update contains only two advisories — not a bad number for the vendor, which in the past has rolled out fixes for a dozen or more flaws at one time. Another positive thing about this Patch Tuesday was the absence of any vulnerabilities in Vista. Still, the relative scarcity of vulnerabilities this month should not discount how significant these potential exploits can be to end users and system administrators, say security analysts at Qualys and Sophos.