14 DAY TRIAL // It’s going to be a slow patch Tuesday for Microsoft next week, with the company having planned the release of just four security bulletins. The Redmond company will only have to plug a fistful of security flaws, and the “breather” is welcomed after the massive number of vulnerabilities resolved in last months’ updates. Customers running the 64-bit (x64) flavor of Windows 7 will need to deploy one of the security bulletins released for Windows. According to the software giant, the 32-bit (x86) versions of Windows 7 are not impacted by the July 13th security update releases.
“This month's release includes four bulletins addressing five vulnerabilities. Two of the bulletins affect Windows; of those, one carries a Critical severity rating and one is rated Important. Two bulletins, both with a severity rating of Critical, affect Microsoft Office,” revealed Jerry Bryant, Group Manager, Response Communications.
Windows Vista has managed to successfully dodge all the vulnerabilities fixed this month, and as such, customers running Windows 7’s predecessor won’t have to update their operating system. However, those that have already adopted the embedded spin-off of Windows 7 will need to integrate a single patch, just as for the latest iteration of the Windows client. But only if they’re running Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems.
Office 2010 RTM is once again receiving no security updates, and it appears that the productivity suite is having a flawless record of security, as far as the lack of vulnerabilities is concerned. At least thus far. “We will close out two Security Advisories this month. We are closing Security Advisory 2028859 (Vulnerability in Canonical Display Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution) in the July bulletins. We are also closing Security Advisory 2219475 (Vulnerability in Windows Help and Support Center Could Allow Remote Code Execution) with a comprehensive update that addresses the issue currently under attack,” Bryant added.