Updated: July 11, 2020 (February 20, 2006)

Feb. 2006 Security Communications Summary

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Two critical updates were issued in Feb. 2006, addressing problems in Internet Explorer and the Windows Media Player. An additional five patches, rated important, were released for Windows and PowerPoint.

Bulletin / Advisory	Severity	Affected Software	KB Article	Replaces
MS06-004: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer	Critical	IE 5.01 SP4	910620	MS05-054
MS06-005: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Critical	Current versions of Windows Media Player on current versions of Windows	911565	MS05-009
MS06-006: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Plug-in with Non-Microsoft Internet Browsers Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Important	Non-Microsoft browsers on current versions of Windows using the plug-in (such as Firefox)	911564
MS06-007: Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of Service	Important	Windows	913446

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