One critical update for Microsoft systems in March 2009
11 March 2009
In its security bulletin summary for March 2009 Microsoft has published one update for a critical vulnerability in its operating systems / applications, as well as two important.
Critical is Microsoft’s highest vulnerability rating.
A summary describing briefly the vulnerabilities is available from Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Summary for March 2009.
From this page you will also find links to more detailed information in Microsoft's Security Bulletins MS09-006 - MS09-008.
The critical update addresses several privately reported vulnerabilities for the following issue:
- Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Updates that fixes the vulnerabilities are available from Windows automatic update mechanism for systems that support this. Alternatively, one may download updates from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
Norman advices all affected users to download the security updates as soon as possible, to be protected from potential exploits.
