Sole critical bulletin will fix flaws only in Vista and Windows 7
Computerworld – Microsoft today said it will issue four security updates next week, only one of which is pegged as critical, to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Windows and Visio 2003.
Three of the four updates will address vulnerabilities in Windows, while the fourth will tackle problems in Microsoft Visio 2003, which was last patched in February.
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The three updates that apply to Windows Vista will all patch bugs in Service Pack 1 (SP1), the edition set to head into retirement. Office XP, which will also be dropped from security support, has received its last fix: None of next week’s four bulletins will affect that 10-year-old application suite.
And for the second month in a row, Microsoft’s security updates likely won’t lead the news.
“Last month more of the concerns were about the hacks of Sony Pictures and other sites,” said Storms. “And it looks like other stories will take the cake this month.”
Apple, for instance, faces a pair of “zero-day” vulnerabilities — unpatched bugs that are already being exploited — in the iOS mobile operating system that powers the iPhone and iPad.
“The focus for this month is not necessarily OSes and applications, but the constant stream of vulnerabilities being discovered in the mobile devices connected to our corporate networks,” said Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst at Lumension, in an email today. “Microsoft does not have exclusivity when it comes to issuing patches.”
Microsoft’s security updates will be released at approximately 1 p.m. ET on July 12.
