Microsoft Patch Tuesday — February 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 69 vulnerabilities, 20 of which are rated “critical,” 46 that are considered “important” and three that are “moderate.” This release also includes a critical security advisory regarding a security update to Adobe Flash Player

This month’s security update covers security issues in a variety of Microsoft’s products, including the Chakra Scripting Engine and the Internet Explorer and Exchange web browsers. For coverage of these vulnerabilities, read the SNORTⓇ blog post here. The rest of the details can be found on the Talos blog.