Microsoft Releases Six Security Updates
Microsoft has issued six security updates, fixing critical bugs in Windows components ranging from Internet Explorer to the Microsoft NetWare client service.
The updates were released Tuesday as part of Microsoft's monthly cycle of security patches. Five of the November updates are rated critical by Microsoft, meaning that these bugs could be exploited by attackers to run unauthorized software on a system without user action. Microsoft rates the sixth update, which fixes the NetWare flaw, as "important."
The updates also fix Microsoft's Extensible Markup Language (XML) parser, the Windows Workstation service, the Microsoft Agent, and the Macromedia Flash Player that is distributed with the operating system.
