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June 2009 Security Updates Advance Notification

One of the largest updates in the past year is being prepared for release on Update Tuesday, 09 June 2009.  This batch of update is made up of 6 Windows updates and 4 updates for other Microsoft programs (IE, Word, Excel and Microsoft Office).

Six of them are considered critical; three important and one is moderate.  All of the critical issues are due to the possibility of remote code execution; the important ones relate to the elevation of privileges and the one moderate issue is related to the information disclosure.

You can read more info about these bulletins and sign up for your own copy of the advance notices at the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification page.

These bulletins are a terrific way to stay up to date on security updates to your Microsoft software.

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Patch Tuesday – Yeah It Was Yesterday

Pssst – hey buddy.  Did you hear?  Yesterday was Patch Tuesday. 

I remember when these Tuesday’s were new – there always seemed to be a lot of pre-release stuff.  Now it is so common that the day passes and sometimes can go un-noticed since it has become such an integral part of a Windows users experience.  Even more so if you have updates set to download and install automatically.

Despite the common-ness of this day – they are still coming on the second Tuesday of each month and October 2008 is no exception.  Eleven updates were released including 4 Critical, 6 Important and 1 Moderate:

• Critical
• Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957280)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (956390)
• Vulnerability in Host Integration Server RPC Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956695)
• Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956416)
• Important
• Vulnerability in the Microsoft Ancillary Function Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (956
• Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (954211)
• Vulnerability in Windows Internet Printing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (953155)
• Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957095)
• Vulnerability in Virtual Address Descriptor Manipulation Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (956
• Vulnerability in Message Queuing Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951071)
• Moderate
• Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Information Disclosure (957699)

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