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Out of Band Security Update for Vulnerability in ASP.NET Being Released Today

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Late last night the Microsoft Security Response Center sent out notification that they would be releasing an out of band update for the recently revealed vulnerability in ASP.NET that was discussed in Security Advisory 2659883.

The bulletin has a severity rating of Critical and addresses a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET that . . .

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Security Advisory 2501696 Concerning MHTML Vulnerability

This is the fifth advisory to be issued this year by Microsoft and concerns reports of an issue that impacts all versions of Windows and the handling of MHTML data.

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a victim to run malicious scripts when visiting various Web sites, resulting in information . . .

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Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Advisory and Critical Update

Adobe has posted a security advisory about a critical security update they plan to release on 16 November 2010:

Adobe is planning to release updates for Adobe Reader 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh to resolve . . .

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October 2010 Patch Tuesday Advance Bulletin Notice Released

The security folks at Microsoft have published the advance notice bulletin for this months Patch Tuesday which happens on 12 October 2011.

There are 16 bulletins being released for this months crop of patches and here is a summary of what to expect:

13 impact Windows 1 impacts Internet Explorer 1 impacts . . .

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Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player

The US-CERT website is reporting that Adobe has released two recent advisories for vulnerabilities in three of its mainstay products – Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player:

Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Flash Player

added September 14, 2010 at 10:35 am

Adobe has released a security advisory to alert users of a vulnerability . . .

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September 2010 Patch Tuesday Advance Bulletin Notice Released

Yes – it is that time of the month again – we are approaching Patch Tuesday and right on schedule Microsoft has released the advance notice bulletin to give us an idea of what to expect in the security updates next week.

There are a total of 9 bulletins addressing 11 vulnerabilities . . .

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