Skip Microsoft's critical patch, focus on Adobe's, experts urge

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Skip Microsoft's critical patch, focus on Adobe's, experts urge

PDF patches due later today more important than lone fix from Microsoft

By Gregg Keizer

January 12, 2010 03:27 PM ET

Computerworld - Microsoft today issued just one security update for Windows, the lowest number on a Patch Tuesday since January 2009. And for once, researchers urged users to spend their patching time dealing with updates from Adobe, also expected today, rather than http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137060/Microsoft_Update_Latest_news_features_reviews_opinions_and_more"]Microsoft's fix. Today's update patches just one vulnerability, which is rated "critical," Microsoft's highest threat ranking, for Windows 2000, but is rated "low" for all other versions of the operating system, up to and including the new http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9119998/Continuing_Coverage_Microsoft_Windows_7_Vista_Reloaded"]Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The patch addresses a bug in how Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) font engine decompresses specially-crafted EOT fonts, said Microsoft in the accompanying http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-001.mspx"]MS10-001[/url] bulletin. EOT fonts are a compact form of fonts designed for use on Web pages, but they can also be used in Word and PowerPoint documents.

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