Windows XP Last “Patch”
Microsoft released an update regarding the initial notification of the latest security patches that will be released on Tuesday (07/13/2010). In total there are five vulnerabilities that will be addressed by these patches.
For Windows XP there are two patches to be released. Respectively are for the problems that have been disclosed to Microsoft, but have not been resolved. One is the vulnerability of so-called zero-day in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that help system disclosed a month ago by Travis Ormandy.
Patches will be the last for Windows XP SP2 because Microsoft will soon stop technical support for these operating systems. Today is also the last day security update for Windows 2000 and certainly will end support from Microsoft without a new patch again.
Other vulnerabilities to be addressed is the weakness that has been known since last May on 64-bit version of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Although technically this includes a critical vulnerability, Microsoft said that it would be very difficult to exploit. For Windows Vista, there are no weaknesses that need to be addressed.
Two other recent patch update is intended for Microsoft Office. One of the critical updates is categorized and the other is an important update. All of them support the version of Office except for Office 2010 that has just been released.