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February 08, 2005

Microsoft Issues Massive Number of Security Fixes

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Yesterday, as promised, Microsoft issued a massive number of security bulletins and fixes as part of its regularly scheduled monthly security update release schedule. The company released 12 security bulletins for various products, including several Windows versions, Microsoft Exchange Server, Office XP, Windows Media Player (WMP), MSN Messenger, and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS). Eight of the bulletins are rated critical, the company's most serious rating.
  
"Microsoft is committed to delivering security updates on a predictable and consistent monthly schedule," a company representative said yesterday. "As we do every month, Microsoft will hold a technical Webcast on Wednesday morning to discuss this month's updates. This Wednesday's Webcast has been extended to last for 2 hours." You can sign up for the security Webcast on the Microsoft Web site.
     
The eight critical security bulletins include fixes for the Licensing Logging Service in Windows; the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) service; the OLE and COM technologies in Windows, Exchange Server, and Office; the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Editing Component ActiveX Control in Windows; Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE); the Hyperlink Object Library in Windows; Office XP; and the PNG processing facility in Windows, WMP, and MSN Messenger. You can download these and the other updates issued yesterday from the Microsoft Security Web site .
  

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Reader Comments
These secrity fixes killed my w2k-system and raid disks and caused me $100000 damages. I called to M$ and they said that M$ does not give tech support for me because my w2k is OEM -like they all are!!!

Anonymous User February 09, 2005


I find the date confusing. The 13th isn't until Sunday next week.

Anonymous User February 09, 2005


Well, at least Microsof tis offering patches.

Here's the current mess of Firefox vulnerabilities part one:

1 Livefeed bookmarks can steal private data and 2 Browser responds to proxy auth request from non-proxy ssl server and 3 Synthetic middle-click event can steal clipboard contents and 4 Script-generated event can download content without prompting


msgstephen February 09, 2005 (Article Rating: )


Current mess of Firefox vulnerabilities part two:

5 Input stealing from other tabs and 6 Secure site lock can be spoofed using view-source: and 7 Secure site lock can be spoofed by a binary download and 8 Opened attachments are temporarily saved world-readable and 9 Link opened in new tab can load local file

msgstephen February 09, 2005 (Article Rating: )


msgstephen: If you're so concerned about security, why are you on the Wintel platform at all?

Anonymous User February 09, 2005 (Article Rating: )


because no platform is secure.

Anonymous User February 09, 2005


my platform shoes are very secure.

Anonymous User February 09, 2005


I'm concerned about security, and I'm on the WinTel platform. Because I know I have one place to go for all my patches.

I have no spyware, and no viruses - all it takes is common sense people.

Anonymous User February 10, 2005


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