Microsoft set a record on Tuesday for the number of patches included in this month’s Patch Tuesday. 10 updates fix 31 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Excel, Word, Windows Search and other programs, including 18 bugs marked “critical.” Six of the patches fix some part of Windows, three are aimed at Office and one at IE. 11 patches were tagged as “important,” and two were judged “moderate.”
Shavlik Technologies’ CTO Eric Schultze recommends installing the following patches first:
– IIS patch (for webdav 0-day)
– IE8 patch (for IE8 0-day)
– Active Directory patch for Windows 2000
Shavlik makes patch management software.
For more details about this month’s Patch Tuesday, check out: Microsoft sets record with huge Windows, IE, Office update
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