Six Fixes on Tap for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is taking the guesswork out of Patch Tuesday by detailing the type and severity of patches in its new Advance Notification bulletins. The first of these is being used for July's Patch Tuesday. From the bulletin, it appears that Microsoft will issue six patches, three of which are be critical, two moderate, and one important. Patches will repair issues in Office, Windows, and the .NET Framework, including a specfic patch for Windows Vista.

Of the critical updates, remote code excution flaws in Excel, Windows, and the .NET Framework will be fixed. Both important patches will also fix remote code execution vulnerabilities in Publisher and Windows XP Professional. The final patch, rated moderate, will fix an information disclosure vulnerability within Windows Vista.