Light Patch Tuesday Release Fixes Serious Threats

November 12th, 2009

After a record-breaking October, IT administrators are welcoming a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month. But security researchers said there are serious issues that need to be addressed quickly.

Of the six patches Microsoft released Tuesday, three are critical. The three critical fixes focus on bugs in several versions of Windows, but Windows 7 is apparently immune. There are also three updates rated important that IT administrators need to deploy.

MS09-065, a bug in the Windows kernel, is this month’s most serious issue, according to Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle. That’s because the vulnerability allows for remote code execution, and the attack code can be embedded inside Microsoft Office files or be hosted on web sites.

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