Microsoft plans to skip its monthly round of security patches scheduled for release next Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities waiting to be fixed. Redmond is working on patches for known vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007’s Publisher 2007 and Windows Vista OS, but is not ready to release any fix at the moment, according to the company. In its monthly advance notification bulletin posted Friday, the company stated, “No new Microsoft Security Bulletins will be released on March 13, 2007.”
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Microsoft to Take a Pass on Patch Tuesday
Posted by: Tim Gray March 9, 2007 11:56 AMMicrosoft plans to skip its monthly round of security patches scheduled for release next Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities waiting to be fixed. Redmond is working on patches for known vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007’s Publisher 2007 and Windows Vista OS, but is not ready to release any fix at the moment, according to the company. In its monthly advance notification bulletin posted Friday, the company stated, “No new Microsoft Security Bulletins will be released on March 13, 2007.”