Microsoft readies a tsunami of patches for Windows, IE, Office

September 07, 2013

For sheer volume of bulletins—14 all together—Microsoft's Patch Tuesday this month will prove onerous, with one critically important set of patches aimed to fix flaws in all versions of the Internet Explorer browser that can result in remote code execution on victims' machines. In addition, three other critical bulletins flag patches that address flaws in SharePoint, Windows XP, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010, all of which can result in attackers gaining the ability to execute code on host computers. The critical Internet Explorer bulletin is the most important to address, says Ken Pickering, director of engineering at CORE Security, because it affects the most widely-used application and requires a restart. He advises addressing the fixes right away. "Patches that require a restart have proven time and time again to create the greatest number of vulnerabilities as IT is either hesitant or too overwhelmed to bring the network down," he says. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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