Patch Tuesday: Critical Vista, IE7 patches released

As we mentioned last week, Microsoft is releasing six security bulletins today, four of which have been characterized as "critical." That makes for 15 patches total, including patches for critical code execution vulnerabilities in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. The most serious patch is a cumulative Internet Explorer update, which affects versions 5.01-7 of the popular browser.

For more on the patches:
- see this security bulletin from Microsoft
- and this ZDnet article