http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Releases-Patch-Tuesday-Fixes-With-New-Exploitability-Index/ By Brian Prince eWEEK.com 2008-10-14 Microsoft pushes out 11 security bulletins as part of October's Patch Tuesday. Microsoft also unveils its Exploitability Index, which includes information about vulnerabilities that are likely to be exploited. Four of the 11 bulletin cover security issues are rated critical. Microsoft released 11 security bulletins for Patch Tuesday Oct. 14 as well as a new measuring stick to judge them by. The "Exploitability Index" appears as a new table on the monthly Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary. Next to each bulletin is an additional rating based on how likely it is that the vulnerability will be exploited. An additional column is for notes with extra information. "Exploitability Index is way to provide more information to aid customers in their risk management process," wrote Steve Adegbite on the MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) blog. Of the 11 bulletins, four are rated "critical." The critical bulletins cover remote code execution issues in Internet Explorer, Active Directory, Host Integration Server's Remote Procedure Call Service and Office Excel. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Oct 14 2008 - 22:22:51 PDT
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