Patch Tuesday for July 2015

This month there are fourteen bulletins from Microsoft, with associated updates affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and SQL Server. Four of the updates are flagged as Critical. The updates address at least fifty-nine vulnerabilities.

From Adobe, there are updates for Flash (see previous post), Reader/Acrobat (version 2015.008.20082) and Shockwave (version 12.1.9.159).

So, although installing updates on computers is probably not anyone’s idea of summer fun, let’s all try to keep our sense of humour as we once again work through the monthly update grind. Enjoy!

Update 2015Jul16: This month’s Microsoft updates address three vulnerabilities (two in Internet Explorer) exposed in the recent Hacker Team leak.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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