security fixes

The record number of security fixes is the result of a single security bulletin that addresses 30 Windows kernel flaws.

Yesterday saw the release of the two latest versions of PHP in both the 5.2.x and 5.3.x series - 5.2.15 and 5.3.4.

Here's a bit from each release announcement.

For 5.2.15:

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.15.

This release marks the end of support for PHP 5.2. All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.

This release focuses on improving the security and stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with a small number, of predominately security fixes.

For 5.3.4:

LWN.net: "The systemtap team announces release 1.2. prototype perf event and hw-breakpoint probing, security fixes, error tolerance script language extensions, optimizations, tapsets, interesting new sample scripts, kernel versions 2.6.9 through 2.6.34-rc"

If you’ve been following the development of Firefox, you know that Mozilla separates security updates, which usually happen every couple of weeks, from feature updates, which are usually separated by months.

Netstat -vat: "The first update to PHP 5.3 is now available providing 5 security fixes in addition a long list of bug fixes to the popular open source dynamic language."

Microsoft rolled out six security fixes in its November patch on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Microsoft is planning to roll out six fixes -- three "critical" and three "important" -- in its July security update.

Microsoft is rolling out three security fixes today in its March patch release, with one item described as "critical" and two items labeled "important."

Microsoft plans to issue three fixes in its March security patch rollout, with one deemed "critical" and two labeled "important."

Microsoft plans to roll out four security bulletins for this month's patch cycle on Tuesday, with two "critical" items and two "important" patches on the slate.