Storms was referring to the security advisory Microsoft issued July 24 that warned of that could give attackers access to Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 systems.

Oracle patched the vulnerabilities in its "Oracle Outside In" code libraries as part of a massive update on July 17 that fixed nearly 90 flaws.

Along with the Exchange, SQL Server and IE updates, others will address bugs in Windows, Office and Visual Basic, the company's widely-used development platform.

The IE update will be the third in three months for the browser: Microsoft also patched IE in June and July.

Last month, Microsoft announced it would for IE -- for years it updated the browser only on even-numbered months -- saying that it had "increased our Internet Explorer resources to the point where we will be able to release an update during any month instead of on our previous, bi-monthly cadence."