General Bulletin Information
As the name indicates, the General tab provides the general information about the individual security bulletin:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Bulletin Name | The name of the bulletin as defined by the concerned application's manufacturer, for example, for Microsoft products the scheme is ms<year of publication>-<running bulletin number>. |
Title | The title of the bulletin indicating in general the security vulnerability it will remedy or the name of the concerned application. |
Date Posted | The date the bulletin was first posted by the application's manufacturer. |
Summary | The Summary field provides a longer textual explanation on the security vulnerability and how it is closed. |
This section also includes:
Opening the Microsoft bulletin web page
If the selected bulletin concerns a Microsoft product, it is possible to directly establish a connection with the respective bulletin's page of the Microsoft website to find more information about the individual security bulletin. To do so, proceed as follows:
- Select the desired Microsoft bulletin in the left window pane and display the General tab in the right pane.
- Click Edit > Open Microsoft Bulletin Web Page
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Internet Explorer or otherwise your installed browser will open on your screen and display the page of the selected security bulletin.
Editing the bulletin
To display details about a patch, proceed as follows:
- Select the patch in the right window pane.
- Click Edit > Properties
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The Properties window appears, displaying all available information about the patch, including a hyperlink to the CVE webpage if it exists. - Click Close to close the window.
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