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   Microsoft Office 2016 15.24 and Office 2011 14.6.6

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Microsoft has issued version 15.23 of its [1]Office 2016 application
   suite, which resolves vulnerabilities that could allow remote code
   execution as well as provides a handful of fixes and improvements to
   the individual apps. Word now makes date pickers, drop-down lists, and
   other content controls interactive, while Outlook improves performance
   when opening meeting events with over 1,000 recipients and ensures
   attachments show up for email messages in iOS. Office 365 subscribers
   also receive the capability of viewing documents, spreadsheets, and
   presentations that have been recently shared.

   On the [2]security front, both Office 2016 and Office 2011, which has
   been updated to [3]version 14.6.6, resolve yet another memory
   corruption vulnerability (this time in Excel), which could allow remote
   attackers to execute arbitrary code via a maliciously crafted
   spreadsheet. ($149.99 for one-time purchase, free update through
   Microsoft AutoUpdate, [4]release notes, 10.10+)

References

   1. https://products.office.com/en-us/mac/microsoft-office-for-mac
   2. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-088.aspx
   3. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53303
   4. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3170460

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