Yacht Computing: Take Your Medicine … Next Tues. MS and Adobe patch 27 Vulnerabilities

13. April 2010 by admin.

Yachts, if you can’t have automatic updates on all of the time - due to Internet bandwidth / cost constraints, then at least get the updates when you are in dock somewhere and can go on a less bandwith restricted or costly Internet connection. Apple Computer users don’t feel left out, and definately don’t feel bullet-proof. Apple Computer users make sure you are getting your updates as well. Mac OS X, according to comments on the same article quote below, has 88 vulnerabilities of recent vintage. Don’t kill the messenger here. I’m just repeating what has been said in the comments on this article. And someone provided a link to prove it.

– Alan Spicer

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/193871/batten_down_the_hatches_for_microsoft_and_adobe_patches.html?tk=nl_bax_h_cbintro

April 08, 2010 8:33 PM
Batten Down the Hatches for Microsoft and Adobe Patches

By Tony Bradley

Next Tuesday is both Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for April, and Adobe’s quarterly patch release. Combined, there are a total of 27 vulnerabilities being patched in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and the Acrobat Reader application. It will be a busy day for IT administrators and information security professionals to analyze and prioritize the deluge of updates.
It seems a little odd to have a Patch Tuesday so far into the month, but when the first of the month falls on a Thursday it takes longer to get to the second Tuesday of the month. Things also seem a little out of whack in terms of timing due to the out-of-band update Microsoft issued for Internet Explorer on March 30.

Nevertheless, Patch Tuesday is coming. Amol Sarwate, manager of Qualys’ Vulnerability Research Lab, e-mailed to provide some expert insight on what Microsoft has in store. “There are 11 security bulletins that affect a range of Windows operating system components as well as Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange. This is a fairly large update and will keep system administrators busy on Patch Tuesday.”

Sarwate explained “Out of the 11 security bulletins, five are rated Critical and affect components in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 2003, 2008 and Windows 7. If left un-patched, an attacker could execute code or programs on the victim’s machine and therefore all are categorized as remote code execution.”

(more at the link above…)

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