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Today is Microsoft's April 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 150 flaws and sixty-seven remote code execution bugs.
Only three critical vulnerabilities were fixed as part of today's Patch Tuesday, but there are over sixty-seven remote code execution bugs. More than half of the RCE flaws are found within Microsoft SQL drivers, likely sharing a common flaw.
There were also fixes for twenty-six Secure Boot bypasses released this month, including two from Lenovo.
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
The total count of 150 flaws does not include 5 Microsoft Edge flaws fixed on April 4th and 2 Mariner flaws. Mariner is an open-source Linux distribution developed by Microsoft for its Microsoft Azure services.
- 31 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
- 29 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
- 67 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- 13 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- 7 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- 3 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
Microsoft April 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 150 security flaws, 67 RCEs
Today is Microsoft's April 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 150 flaws and sixty-seven remote code execution bugs.
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