Patch Tuesday Will Soon Be Here

By Digital Trends Staff Published October 25, 2009

If the second week of the month is coming up, then Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday must be close, and for August the company is planning at least nine security fixes, it’s revealed.

Five of the patches are deemed critical, three of them affecting Windows Vista, Windows XP and Server 2008 users. Windows 2000 and Server 2003 are vulnerable to four of the flaws, while the last of the critical vulnerabilities affects Office XP, 2003 and the Client for Mac component.

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An important flaw that could allow remote code execution in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, although the built-in protection in Windows Vista and Server 2008 means it only qualifies as moderate for them.

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