Microsoft Cooking Up Baker's Dozen of Fixes for Patch Tuesday
Microsoft plans to release nine patches for security holes in a handful of its products when it ships its September security fixes on Tuesday, the company said.
The patches, which can each include numerous fixes, are part of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) regular monthly "Patch Tuesday" security release, during which the company issues most of its fixes for security-related holes in its software. On the Thursday prior to Patch Tuesday, Microsoft sends advance notifications to customers as a heads-up to give them some idea of how much time and effort they'll have to plan for installing and testing the coming patches.
"This month we will be releasing nine bulletins addressing 13 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft Office," Carlene Chmaj, security response communications manager, said in a post to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog. Four of the nine patches are rated as "critical," the highest in Microsoft's four-tier vulnerability severity ranking.
