Microsoft Issues Eight Security Bulletins For April Patch Day

by admin April 14, 2009 at 10:12 pm

The fixes repair an Excel flaw that Microsoft warned about in February, as well as an Internet Information Services and SQL Server vulnerability.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Tuesday released eight security bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities as part of its regularly scheduled monthly patch cycle.

Five of the eight patches are designated “critical.”

The most significant aspect of this month’s patches, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security, is that Microsoft has fixed three of the four publicly known vulnerabilities in its software.

Read more: informationweek.com