Microsoft released five new Critical Updates today (7-13-2004). All quoted items are from Windows Update summary page:
- "Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1 (KB823353): A vulnerability exists in Outlook Express that could allow an attacker to cause Outlook Express to fail. You can help protect your computer by installing this update. After you install this update you may need to restart your computer."
- "Security Update for Windows XP (KB840315): A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
- "Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773): This software updates the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to v2.0 and updates WinHTTP. These updates help ensure an optimal download experience with future versions of Automatic Updates, Windows Update, and other programs that rely on BITS to transfer files using idle network bandwidth."
- "Security Update for Windows XP (KB841873): A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
- "Security Update for Windows XP (KB839645): A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker, with some user interaction, to run applications on a system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
More information on this is posted at http://isc.incidents.org/.
- "Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1 (KB823353): A vulnerability exists in Outlook Express that could allow an attacker to cause Outlook Express to fail. You can help protect your computer by installing this update. After you install this update you may need to restart your computer."
- "Security Update for Windows XP (KB840315): A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
- "Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773): This software updates the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to v2.0 and updates WinHTTP. These updates help ensure an optimal download experience with future versions of Automatic Updates, Windows Update, and other programs that rely on BITS to transfer files using idle network bandwidth."
- "Security Update for Windows XP (KB841873): A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
- "Security Update for Windows XP (KB839645): A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker, with some user interaction, to run applications on a system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer."
More information on this is posted at http://isc.incidents.org/.