ID: IRCNE2011121339
Date: 2011-12-10
According to "itpro", Microsoft has issued its final Patch Tuesday release of 2011, with 14 bulletins, covering 20 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft has given IT departments an early Christmas present of three critical and 11 important bulletins.
The critical security holes affect Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, although only one affects the latter. Both Windows Server 2003 and 2008 are vulnerable, although the latter is only affected by one flaw.
"Five of the 'important' bulletins affect Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 including all Office versions for Macintosh as well," explained Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer at Qualys.
"One of the remaining bulletins addresses Internet Explorer 6 through 9 and the remaining bulletins apply to all versions of Windows."
Microsoft will release the bulletins on 13 December. To accompany the release, Microsoft has announced an update to its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) that should provide "greater transparency" over how partners use the information it shares with them.
The software firm announced this week that a flaw affecting Reader and Acrobat was reportedly being exploited in the wild. Adobe is planning to issue a patch next week.
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