{"id":1012,"date":"2013-02-12T11:11:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2013-02-12T11:11:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:11:27","slug":"larger-than-usual-patch-tuesday-to-address-57-security-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/02\/12\/larger-than-usual-patch-tuesday-to-address-57-security-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Larger-than-usual Patch Tuesday to address 57 security vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft\u2019s monthly Patch Tuesday is upon us and this time, Windows users are in store for a much larger batch of fixes than usual. A recent post on Technet highlights the fact that tomorrow\u2019s update will address 57 different security vulnerabilities that will require 12 individual updates to repair.
\nUpdates this month will target a number of different applications including Windows itself, Windows Server, Exchange, Office, Internet Explorer and the .net Framework. We are told that five of the 12 patches are classified as critical in nature. This means that they will fix vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to execute malicious code on a user\u2019s computer.<\/p>\n

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Two of the critical patches are said to fix security holes in all version of Internet Explorer since version six. Translated \u2013 all current versions of Windows, including Windows 8 and Windows RT are currently at risk. If you haven\u2019t done so already, it might be a good idea to switch to a different web browser until you have the opportunity to patch IE.
\nMicrosoft points out that another critical patch is aimed at Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. A separate patch is only necessary for those still running XP while the final patch will keep those using Exchange a bit safer.
\nIf you have automatic updates enabled, critical updates will be automatically installed for you tomorrow. The rest of the updates, only rated as important, will need to be installed manually. Unsurprisingly, the software giant recommends that users also pick up the important updates as they could help systems from being compromised.
\nvia Larger-than-usual Patch Tuesday to address 57 security vulnerabilities – TechSpot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft\u2019s monthly Patch Tuesday is upon us and this time, Windows users are in store for a much larger batch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,7,11],"tags":[158,799,952],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-security","category-windows","tag-bugs","tag-patch-tuesday","tag-security-fixes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-gk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5710,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/06\/10\/microsoft-pushes-out-massive-security-update-for-internet-explorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1012,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft pushes out massive security update for Internet Explorer","author":"NCCT","date":"June 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft pushes out massive security update for Internet Explorer Six down, six to go. 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