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As part of today’s Patch Day, Microsoft released a security bulletin describing two new security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer (IE). Similar to the flaws in last month’s update, both of these vulnerabilities are what developers call “use after free” vulnerabilities – a type of memory corruption flaw that attackers can leverage to execute arbitrary code.

Unless you’re new to IT, you’re probably aware that today—the second Tuesday of the month—is Microsoft Patch Day. As expected, Microsoft released nine security bulletins today, fixing 13 vulnerabilities across products like Internet Explorer (IE), Windows and its components, Sharepoint Server, and a few other Office server products. The worst two, Critical-rated updates fix security problems in IE and the Remote Desktop Client (RDC) that ships with Windows (specifically, its ActiveX control).

Next Tuesday, Microsoft will release nine security bulletins, two of which the Redmond-based software company rates as Critical. The bulletins will fix flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, and some of Microsoft’s server and security software. As usual, they haven’t shared many details yet, but some experts expect the critical IE update to fix the zero day vulnerabilities disclosed at CanSecWest’s recent Pwn2Own contest. Either way, I expect the IE flaws to pose the greatest risk to most users, so you should plan on applying that patch as quickly as possible.

As part of today’s Patch Day, Microsoft released a security bulletin describing nine new security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer (IE). Similar to the last few IE updates, all nine of these security flaws are what developers call “use after free” vulnerabilities,

Though today’s Patch Day might seem pretty average as far as the number of security bulletins released, it does cover a rather eclectic range of Microsoft products. In fact, a few of the updates affect Mac users as well, and one is even exclusive to Mac.

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We’re coming upon that time of the month again for Microsoft administrators; patch time. According to the latest Advanced Notification page, our Microsoft friends plan on releasing seven security bulletins next Tuesday. The bulletins will including updates to fix security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE), Silverlight, and some of their Server Software.

In a relatively unusual move, Microsoft released two Internet Explorer (IE) security bulletins today, rather than their typical single cumulative update. Combined, the two bulletins fix 14 vulnerabilities in the popular web browser, many of which allow attackers to execute code on vulnerable Windows systems.

Though not the biggest on record, today’s Patch Day is no slouch.

As expected, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, fixing 57 vulnerabilities that affect a range of their software, including: