Today is the second Tuesday of 2010, which means it's the second Tuesday in January, which makes it Patch Tuesday. Microsoft welcomed 2010 by taking things easy this month and released only a single security bulletin.
Microsoft security bulletin MS10-001 affects a vulnerability in the embedded Open Type font engine. The security bulletin is rated as Critical, but that rating really only applies to Windows 2000 systems. For all other versions of Windows, this flaw is rated as a Low severity.
Tyler Reguly, senior security engineer for nCircle characterized the Microsoft update as more or less trivial. "Welcome to a slow start to the new year. A single patch, and from a research standpoint, not even an interesting one. All patches should be taken seriously but this definitely isn't a fire that needs to be put out quickly, this one can definitely fall into regular patching cycles."
More: http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/186772/
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Microsoft security bulletin MS10-001 affects a vulnerability in the embedded Open Type font engine. The security bulletin is rated as Critical, but that rating really only applies to Windows 2000 systems. For all other versions of Windows, this flaw is rated as a Low severity.
Tyler Reguly, senior security engineer for nCircle characterized the Microsoft update as more or less trivial. "Welcome to a slow start to the new year. A single patch, and from a research standpoint, not even an interesting one. All patches should be taken seriously but this definitely isn't a fire that needs to be put out quickly, this one can definitely fall into regular patching cycles."
More: http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/186772/
