This month’s Patch Tuesday from Microsoft is somewhat quite one. Only one patch is released for Windows XP.
Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975561) – This security update addresses a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Producer 2003.
| Knowledge Base | Affected Application | Size |
| KB975561 | Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker could allow remote code execution | 1.7 MB |
The list contains Microsoft’s Windows 7 monthly security updates & Patches released in year 2010. This post will be updated on monthly basis as soon as the updates are made available by Microsoft on each months Patch Tuesday. The patches are only for the Windows 7 operating system final release (do not apply the patches to beta or Release Candidate versions of Windows 7).
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Microsoft released it first Windows XP patch for Year 2010. In this month of January there is only one patch released.This patch fixes security hole in OpenType font engine. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution by a specially crafted fonts embedded in a file of Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer. The patch has been rated low for Windows Xp.
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday comes with 3 new security updates for Windows Xp all have been termed as critical.
KB971961 Vulnerability in JScript Scripting Engines could allow remote code execution
KB956844 Vulnerability in the DHTML Editing Component ActiveX control could allow remote code execution
KB973812 Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Format could allow remote code execution
You should install Windows Xp Service Pack 3 and Internet explorer 8 prior to installing the above updates
JavaScript Tracemonkey Engine Vulnerability detected in Firefox 3.5 recently forced the Mozilla Firefox development team to release an update for web browser. This particular vulnerability is affecting all operating systems. A temporary fix was published soon after that would disable part of the JavaScript engine.
If you have taken the temporary measures by disabling the (javascript.options.jit.content) you have to undo the changes after installing the update. You can change by doing the following: continue reading…
