Microsoft delivers mega PowerPoint patch
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Author:
Tomasz Nicpoń
Published:
19 May 2009
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Computerworld — As expected, Microsoft today patched a six week-old critical vulnerability in PowerPoint, the presentation maker that's part of the popular Office suite, using a single security update.
But that one update patched 14 separate vulnerabilities, 11 of which were rated "critical," Microsoft highest threat ranking.
This is the first time that Microsoft has issued patches, but not plugged holes in every affected version, a fact the company itself acknowledged.
"We normally do not update one supported platform before another, but given this situation of a package available for an entire product line that protects the vast majority of customers at risk within the predictable release cycle, we made a decision to go early with the Windows packages," said Jonathan Ness, an engineer with the Microsoft Security Response Center, in a post to a company blog.
"New software is better," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security. "If anyone needed a business case to justify upgrading, the Excel vulnerabilities of February and the PowerPoint vulnerabilities from April are it."
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