July 2012 Patch Tuesday is here!

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Windows computers configured for auto update should receive these patches in the next 24 hours. If you are responsible for any Windows computers that don’t use auto update, you should run Microsoft Update on those computers as soon as possible. If you’d like to avoid using Internet Explorer (required for Microsoft Update), you can download the updates as a disc image. For the technical details, here are links to all eleven of this month’s bulletins:

MS12-043 – Critical : Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2722479) – Version: 1.0

MS12-044 – Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2719177) – Version: 1.0

MS12-045 – Critical : Vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2698365) – Version: 1.0

MS12-046 – Important : Vulnerability in Visual Basic for Applications Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2707960) – Version: 1.0

MS12-047 – Important : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2718523) – Version: 1.0

MS12-048 – Important : Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2691442) – Version: 1.0

MS12-049 – Important : Vulnerability in TLS Could Allow Information Disclosure (2655992) – Version: 1.0

MS12-050 – Important : Vulnerabilities in SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2695502) – Version: 1.1

MS12-051 – Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2721015) – Version: 1.0

Microsoft Security Advisory (2719662): Vulnerabilities in Gadgets Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 1.0

Microsoft Security Advisory (2728973): Unauthorized Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 1.0

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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