Microsoft to Release 7 Security Patches on Valentine's Day

[mandy]

On 14 February 2006 Microsoft is planning to release:

Security Updates
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One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows Media Player. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Critical. These updates will not require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scanning Tool.
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Four Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
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One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Important. These updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
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One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Important. These updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

full announcement: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/securit...vance.mspx

[mandy]

Microsoft released seven security bulletins as part of its monthly update on Tuesday, including a "critical" patch for a Windows Meta File vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker also rated another patch for a vulnerability in Windows Media Player 7.1 as "critical." The five other bulletins were rated "important."

full article: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6039578.html