Microsoft August update contains several critical fixes
The August upate from Microsoft is likely to contain a number of critical and major fixes.
The update will include seven items rated as ‘critical’, the highest of Microsoft’s security alert levels. All of these will address issues that may allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a targeted system.
Four of the critical fixes relate to Office issues, one addresses critical flaws in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, another fixes a critical issue in Windows Media Player while the last addresses a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Also planned are five fixes rated as ‘important’. The patches include two remote code execution flaws in Windows and one in Office. The other two updates address information disclosure vulnerabilities found in Windows Messenger, Outlook Express and Windows itself.
The company plans to release the update on Tuesday 12th August. The release will also include non-security updates for the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and the Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Software Update Services
