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IE Patch To Fix 57 Vulnerabilities
Billly Gates writes "Microsoft is advising users to stick with other browsers until Tuesday, when 57 patches for Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, and even 10 are scheduled. There is no word if this patch is to protect IE from the 50+ Java exploits that were patched last week or the new Adobe Flash vulnerabilities. Microsoft has more information here. In semi-related news, IE 10 is almost done for Windows 7 and has a IE10 blocker available for corporations. No word on whether IE 10 will be included as part of the 57 updates."
The fact that IE6 is being patched means someone dropped a NS bomb on them (National Security) which is a sure fire way to motivate companies to keep their software secure. I know it's not the favorite company here, but they fought (sometimes dirty) to get where they are. They made it and have to deal with the "now what?" phase. Software monocultures suck no matter who's culture it is.
What I found really interesting is that bulletins 7-9 and 11 are for escalation of privilege whereas the rest are for remote code execution. Which means, it may not have helped much to be logged in as an unprivileged user anyway.
If computers were people, I'd be a misanthrope.
There seems to be a mistake in the summary. The ZDNet article says "With this in mind, users are advised to switch to another browser for the next few days until the updates are released." That seems like ZD's own recommendation, I couldn't find that from the MS security bulletins.