The two patches are necessary because Vista is subject to the same security
holes addressed in other Microsoft products during the
huge patch
delivered on 8 August.
The patches fix critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and the Windows
kernel as detailed in Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS06-042
and
MS06-051.
Security patches are not normally issued for beta software, because no one is
supposed to be using it in a critical environment. But Microsoft has
issued patches
for Vista before.
The patch, rated 'critical', covered a
similar WMF flaw
that hit the company's other operating systems a week earlier.
The vulnerability was in the Graphics Rendering Engine and could allow an
attacker to gain control of a target machine.
Some commentators have suggested that Microsoft has issued the patches to
pre-empt security software companies creating 'we've found a hole in Vista'
stories.
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