Microsoft released six security patches today. Four of them were rated critical, one important and one moderate. There are patches for all supported desktop OS platforms, Internet Explorer, a couple mail apps and for a couple versions of Visio. There aren’t any Office patches. The four critical desktop patches are: MS07-031 for Windows XP SP2, [...] Read more »
Security Update 2007-05 for Mac OS X
Apple has released Security Update 2007-05 which keeps it in the one-a-month category for the year. According to the Apple notification it contains updates to the following components: bind CarbonCore CoreGraphics crontabs fetchmail file iChat mDNSResponder PPP ruby screen texinfo VPN The update is for both Intel and PPC macs. Read more »
May 2007 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released five critical security bulletins for desktop software today. In line with a growing trend, 3 of the 5 were for application software and not operating systems. Most of the vulnerabilities were also intended to be exploited through a website. Mac users also take notice since Office 2004 for the Mac is also vulnerable [...] Read more »
Microsoft Releases Patch for Animated Cursor Vulnerability
Microsoft has released a patch for the animated cursor vulnerability. The bulletin is MS07-017. They also address six other vulnerabilities in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI), although none are rated critical. They make a note of an known issue with the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel (Rthdcpl.exe) on Windows XP SP2 which is documented here. [...] Read more »