Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle offer fixes in big Patch Tuesday

Microsoft fixed 25 holes on Tuesday, including critical ones for Windows that could be triggered by browsing to a malicious Web page, while Adobe plugged 15 holes in Reader and Acrobat and launched its new updater service.

Oracle also released its own critical patch update, covering nearly 50 new vulnerability fixes across hundreds of its products, on what was turning out to be an uber Patch Tuesday. Microsoft said customers should deploy all 11 of its security updates, which include five that are critical, as soon as possible.