hackfix-virusnews: Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes
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- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:35:29 -0400
Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes
By Kimberly Hill
Enterprise Security Today
April 14, 2004 12:55PM
Many organizations are experimenting with automatic
patch deployment, but they are taking it very slowly
and conducting extensive testing along the way.
"Applications are fragile," notes Aberdeen Group's
Eric Hemmendinger. A patch that contains faulty code
can bring an enterprise's applications down very
quickly.
Microsoft has issued a group of four updates for
various versions of its Windows operating system. The
patches contain fixes for nearly 30 security
problems, over 20 of them termed "critical" by the
software maker. Versions of the operating system
affected include Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows
2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 98.
One of the updates includes fixes for additional
security holes in Microsoft Outlook -- the widely
used e-mail and scheduling software that ships with
all versions of Windows.
The announcement comprises the company's monthly
release of security bulletins and thus is routine.
However, the sheer number of alerts issued at once --
not to mention the fact that the majority of them
fall into the highest level of importance -- has
raised some eyebrows in the Windows-user community.
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