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Microsoft Plugs a Record 26 Security Holes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-another-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft today released ten patches to fix at least 26 separate security holes, including a whopping 16 flaws in Microsoft Office and its constituent apps. According to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog, this is the most number of patches ever released by Redmond outside of a Windows service pack. Also of note, six of today's updates apply to fully patched Windows XP systems, and two of the flaws are actually present in Windows Vista."

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  1. Apple's last patch fixed 24 and was over 200 MB. by MSFanBoi2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, at least Microsoft is fixing them.

    Microsoft has bugs, people complain.

    Microsoft fixes the bugs, people complain.

    Apple releases an incremental update to OS X 10.2 to 10.3 and charge you for it ($129.00), and when they release a MASSIVE update in September, not a peep of complaints...

  2. Re:DISASTROUS NEWS ! by truthsearch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let's not forget that we'll never know exactly how many total exploits IE really has. Microsoft may know of 100 more that they simply haven't disclosed. We'll never know. But anyone can inspect Firefox. Don't think that simply because IE has less publicly documented exploits that it's more secure. Unless you work for the software vendor, you will never really know how secure any proprietary software is.

    Also look at how quickly Microsoft fixes security vulnerabilities. They've let major holes exist for 3 years or more. Even if they have fewer vulnerabilities it's almost irrelevant if they don't fix the ones they have.

    It's a more complex issue that simply how many vulnerabilies each camp discloses.

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