ADVANCE NOTIFICATION: July 28, 2009 (Out-of-Band) Microsoft Security Bulletin Release - Internet Explorer and Visual Studio Products
What is the purpose of this alert?
This is an advance notification of two out-of-band security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on July 28, 2009.
One bulletin will be for the Microsoft Visual Studio product line; application developers should be aware of updates available affecting certain types of applications.
The second bulletin contains defense-in-depth changes to Internet Explorer to address attack vectors related to the Visual Studio bulletin, as well as fixes for unrelated vulnerabilities that are rated Critical.
New Bulletin Summary
Bulletin ID |
Maximum Severity Rating |
Vulnerability Impact |
Restart Requirement |
Affected Software |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Visual Studio |
Moderate |
Remote Code Execution |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 |
Internet Explorer |
Critical |
Remote Code Execution |
Requires restart |
Internet Explorer on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 |
The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for this month can be found here at
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-jul-ans.mspx.
Although we do not anticipate any changes, the information provided in this summary is subject to change until the release. At this time, no additional information on this bulletin such as details regarding severity or details regarding the vulnerability will be made available until the bulletin is published. |
Public Bulletin Webcast
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