10 Aug 2005
Microsoft issues three critical security patches, Sophos reports
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| Microsoft has described three of the
vulnerabilities as critical. |
As part of its monthly patch distribution, Microsoft has issued
six security updates yesterday, three of which are critical. The
critical patches address remote code execution flaws in Internet
Explorer, Plug and Play as well as in Windows's Print Spooler
Service.
"Remote code execution flaws can allow unauthorised and remote
access to a computer," said Carole Theriault, security
consultant for Sophos. "It would certainly be wise for all affected
users to patch their computers now before someone finds a way to
exploit the loophole."
Home users of Microsoft Windows can visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com to have their systems
scanned for critical Microsoft security vulnerabilities.
Sophos recommends that every IT manager responsible for security
should consider subscribing to vulnerability mailing lists such as
that operated by Microsoft at www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/notify.mspx.
Sophos continues to recommend companies protect their desktops
and servers with automatically updated
anti-virus protection.
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