Patch Tuesday brings PowerPoint fix from Microsoft
Friday, May 8, 2009
Microsoft said it will issue just one patch on Tuesday in its monthly security update for a critical vulnerability in PowerPoint.
IT security experts said the update likely is a fix for a flaw acknowledged last month by Microsoft, when the company issued eight patches for 23 vulnerabilities.
In its update bulletin posted today, the company said that PowerPoint versions 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007 will require the patch.
Tuesday also brings promised security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Adobe said last week that it would release updates for a critical vulnerability in the PDF applications no later than May 12.
Adobe's security team said last Friday it would issue updates to Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7, 8 and 9 for Windows and versions 8 and 9 for Mac and Linux.
Microsoft said the one security update will go out at approximately 1 p.m. eastern on Tuesday.
Both companies have come under criticism from IT professionals for being slow to issue patches for critical flaws in their software.
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