Patch Tuesday for October 2015

It’s a relatively light month for Microsoft, with only six bulletins, and associated updates affecting Windows, Windows Server, Internet Explorer, Office, and the new Windows 10 browser Edge. Three of the bulletins are flagged as Critical. The bulletin summary has all the details, and it includes a link to Microsoft’s Security Advisories page for 2015, which may be of some interest.

Meanwhile, Adobe’s contribution to this month’s patch pile is more updates for Flash and Reader/Acrobat. The new version of Flash is 19.0.0.207, and it addresses thirteen vulnerabilities. The release notes get into the details of what was changed, which includes a few bug fixes unrelated to security. As always, Chrome will update itself and Internet Explorer on newer versions of Windows will get the new Flash via Windows Update.

The newest versions of Adobe Reader are 11.0.13 for Reader XI, and 2015.009.20069 for Acrobat Reader DC. At least fifty-six vulnerabilities are addressed in these updates. Check out the related security bulletin for additional information.

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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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