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  • 10 June 2009 11:31

Symantec Voice of Reason: Microsoft Patch Tuesday - 10 June 2009

This month, Microsoft issued 10 security bulletins and two security advisories. The 10 bulletins address a total of 31 vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated as critical. This is the largest number of vulnerabilities addressed in a single release by Microsoft; the previous record being 28 last December.

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This month, Microsoft issued 10 security bulletins and two security advisories. The 10 bulletins address a total of 31 vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated as critical. This is the largest number of vulnerabilities addressed in a single release by Microsoft; the previous record being 28 last December.

“Of the patches issued this month, the most significant appear to be several that affect Internet Explorer, as the Web continues to be a preferred method of exploit by cybercriminals,” said Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager, Symantec Security Response. “The four Internet Explorer fixes that address HTML object memory corruption vulnerabilities—the first ever patch for Internet Explorer 8 being among these—are of particular interest. These weaknesses actually appear to be quite simple to exploit and we have observed malicious code being offered in malware toolkits that have taken advantage of very similar vulnerabilities.”

“It should also be noted that exploits for the vulnerability Microsoft addressed this month in Internet Information Services have previously been made publicly available.” Greenbaum added.

A video of Symantec Security Response’s John Harrison discussing the vulnerabilities addressed this month can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X51L07fk48. Please feel free to post this video.

Symantec strongly encourages users to patch their system against these vulnerabilities. In addition, enterprises are encouraged to consider implementing an automated patch management solution to help mitigate risk.

Please visit the Symantec Security Response Weblog for more information and let me know if you are interested in speaking with a Symantec expert about any of these security vulnerabilities.

The Symantec Security Response blog can be viewed here: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/

Additional information on Microsoft’s security bulletins can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-jun.mspx

Press Contacts:

Jasmin Athwal

Max Australia

+61 2 9954 3492

Jasmin.Athwal@maxaustralia.com.au

Debbie Sassine

Symantec

+61 2 8220 7158

debbie_sassine@symantec.com

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