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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-015: Cumulative Patch For Internet Explorer
White Papers This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all previously released patches for IE 5.01, 5.5 and IE 6. Click thru to alert text for further information. Two vulnerabilities, the most serious of which would allow script to run in...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
New Security Scares For Outlook And IE
News If a user is tricked (into going) to a site carrying malicious code, they can become infected by just surfing across a banner ad," Nagy said.eEye notified Microsoft several days ago of the flaws in the default installation of Outlook and IE and is...
[April 4, 2005, 9:00]
IE Update Breaks Web Sites
News After installing the patch, IE will check for a special security setting called on ActiveX controls. One recent fix wreaked havoc on systems of users who had changed certain Windows settings to be more secure, while Windows 2000 users had trouble...
[November 3, 2005, 8:15]
IE Eolas Workaround Turned Around
News The patch will accompany the next security update for IE, scheduled for release on 11 April, Microsoft said on Wednesday. The patch should give Web developers more time to make adjustments that take the IE changes into account.
[March 30, 2006, 10:15]
IE Flaw May Be Not So Critical
News Microsoft's Security Bulletin MS03-04 includes a cumulative patch for several versions of Internet Explorer and addresses two new critical vulnerabilities. The patch for IE 5.01 supersedes the patches released in conjunction with MS02-068 and MS02...
[February 17, 2003, 7:57]
IE Hole Gets Third-party Plug
News In January, an outside patch was created for a vulnerability in the way Windows renders Windows Meta File images, and in March, two security companies issued patches for a bug related to how IE handled certain tags in Web pages.
[September 25, 2006, 9:10]
Microsoft Alerts Passport Users To Need For Patch
News Microsoft is pressing .Net Passport users to install a patch for some versions of its browser nearly two months after it fixed a security flaw that threatens customers' personal data online. At the time, Microsoft recommended that every Windows XP...
[January 4, 2002, 11:54]
Microsoft Patches Serious IE Flaws
News The software maker released the patch in security bulletin MS05-054, as part of its monthly patching cycle. Microsoft's patch release prompted security provider Symantec to raise its ThreatCon global threat index to Level 2, which means an outbreak...
[December 14, 2005, 9:00]
Microsoft Exposes Serious IE Vulnerability
News The rest of the advisory's advice is virtually useless: Microsoft reminds users to keep systems updated with the most recent security patches — and yet, no patch is available for this threat. Of course, Redmond likely did nothing about it...
[November 29, 2005, 16:45]
New Cumulative Microsoft Patch Fixes Two Critical Threats
News Of additional interest is the fact that MS02-015 includes a patch for the CodeBase vulnerability, which some security specialists say Microsoft has known about for a long time but has only now addressed.
[April 16, 2002, 17:03]
'Critical' Microsoft Patch May Crash IE
News It is one of a dozen security updates that Microsoft released last week on Patch Tuesday. It plans to re-release the bulletin and patch on 22 August for all affected users. In June, it had to fix a patch that caused network connection trouble for...
[August 16, 2006, 9:05]
Microsoft Launches Critical IE Patches
News This patch release is a big one with lots of aftershocks," said Jonathan Bitle, a product manager at security company Qualys. According to the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, the average time between the release of a security patch...
[April 12, 2006, 9:20]
Microsoft Patch Jams Up IE
News Microsoft's patch on Tuesday included a fix for a critical security flaw in Windows that is being exploited in online attacks against IE users and three other bugs. The software maker released the patch in security bulletin MS05-054, as part of its...
[December 19, 2005, 8:50]
IE Flaw Gets Second Third-party Patch
News The release came shortly after eEye Digital Security issued its own temporary patch. Last time, security experts supported a patch issued by a European researcher. Another company has released a third-party patch for a serious flaw in Internet...
[March 29, 2006, 9:20]
Microsoft Complains About 'irresponsible' Security Revelation
News We believe the commonly accepted practice of reporting vulnerabilities directly to a vendor serves everyone's best interests, by helping to ensure that customers receive comprehensive, high-quality updates for security vulnerabilities with no...
[November 10, 2004, 11:28]
Microsoft Fixes Faulty IE Patch
News Everything with this Microsoft IE debacle was mistake after mistake," said Marc Maiffret, chief technology officer at eEye Digital Security, which discovered the security bug introduced by Microsoft's patch.
[August 25, 2006, 8:50]
All Windows Systems Vulnerable To Jscript Flaw
News Considering that the patch in another recent Microsoft vulnerability (MS 03-007 for the critical WebDAV flaw) can cause systems to crash, it's probably a safe bet that many administrators are going to be wary about applying any Microsoft security...
[March 31, 2003, 13:40]
Microsoft To Users: Patch IE Now!
News The Redmond, Washington-based software giant, which in recent months has patched a wide range of security holes in its Web browser and Web server software, said the patch eliminates all previously known security problems affecting the two versions...
[December 17, 2001, 8:41]
Dangerous Exploit Released For Old IE Hole
News Microsoft, upon completion of its investigation, will take appropriate action to protect its customers by providing a patch as part of its monthly security bulletin program or in a separate security advisory, the representative added.
[November 22, 2005, 8:45]
Microsoft Closes Another Hole
News The new patch, which is available from Microsoft's security Web site, closes the hole, and Microsoft has encouraged all IE users to update their browsers. Security company Symantec encouraged Web surfers to apply the patch.
[August 2, 2004, 9:25]
