Microsoft warned system administrators on Thursday to prepared for nearly a
dozen fixes, some critical, to its operating system, Office productivity
suite and .Net framework.
The software giant published its Security Bulletin Advance Notification on
Thursday, saying that the company plans to release on Tuesday six patches
for Windows (including some critical issues), four patches for Office (also
including some critical issues), and a single patch for its .Net framework.
Each class of updates will likely require a restart, the company stated.
It's likely that Microsoft will fix two serious zero-day flaws that online
attackers have been using to compromise victims' computers. The attacks
prompted third-party developers to release their own patches for the
security issues last week.
Since November 2004, Microsoft has given system administrators advance
warning of coming patches, which have typically been scheduled for release
on the second Tuesday of every month, a practice instituted in October
2003.
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/323
Imhotep
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