Friday, June 22, 2018

Windows June Patch Tuesday

 The June Windows patch and update has 39 important and 11 critical vulnerabilities addressed.

 Of the 50 patch or updates the ones worrisome to researchers include CVE-2018-8225 and CVE-2018-8231.

 CVE is a database of vulnerabilities. For 2018 there are over 12000 listed so far.

 CVE-2018-8225 is a vulnerability in DNS (Domain Name System) that allows a reply to a DNS query to run malicious code in the context of the local system account. Very bad.
 CVE-2018-8231 is a vulnerability in the HTTP protocol stack with a similar affect.

 Some members avoid patching. This month's patch set may not be one to avoid or postpone.

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