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Microsoft Plugs Three Windows Holes, Works on Others
Posted on: 2011-01-12 16:54:25 By Elinor Mills @ CNET News Microsoft today issued two bulletins fixing three holes in Windows, including one rated critical for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 as part of Patch Tuesday. "We are not aware of proof-of-concept code or of any active attacks seeking to exploit the vulnerabilities addressed in this month's release," the company wrote in a Microsoft Security Response Center blog post. The critical vulnerability is addressed in Bulletin MS11-002. The bulletin fixes the critical hole and an "important" vulnerability, both in Microsoft Data Access Components, that could allow an attacker to take over the computer if a user merely viewed a malicious Web page. Read more... |