Microsoft Issues Record Breaking Security Update
August 12, 2010
Patch Tuesday has come and gone, and with it came the biggest Microsoft Update ever seen since they began their monthly update cycle in 2003. The Windows Operating System as well as Internet Explorer, MS Office, MS Office for Mac, MS Works, Silverlight 2 and 3, the .NET Framework and Movie Maker are all affected.
There are 14 new security bulletins released this week, 8 of which are labeled as "critical" and the remaining 6 are labeled "important". These numbers do not include the link vulnerability patch that was released last week, although the Security Bulletin Summary does include that patch with the others. Microsoft is assuring people that of these new vulnerabilities, none have been seen exploited in the wild as of yet.
Of the 8 "critical" bulletins, 4 are listed as high-priority, meaning that they should receive immediate attention.
MS10-052 - This bulletin addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft's MPEG Layer-3 audio codecs. Remote code can be executed through specially crafted media files or streaming content from a website or web application.
MS10-055 - This bulletin addresses a vulnerability in the Cinepak Codec. Remote code can be executed through specially crafted media files or streaming content from a website or web application.
More information on these 4 bulletins, as well as the other bulletins, can be found via the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2010.
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