Security Bulletin Release: February 2008

I know you have probably already seen this but I'm going to post this anyway.  Please see a summary below of our February Security Bulletin.

What is this alert?

This alert is to provide you with an overview of the new Security Bulletin being released on 12 February 2008.

New Security Bulletins

Microsoft is releasing the following eleven new security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities:

Bulletin Number

Maximum Severity

Affected Products

Impact

MS08-003

Important

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Denial of Service

MS08-004

Important

Windows Vista

Denial of Service

MS08-005

Important

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista

Elevation of Privilege

MS08-006

Important

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Remote Code Execution

MS08-007

Critical

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista

Remote Code Execution

MS08-008

Critical

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual Basic 6.0

Remote Code Execution

MS08-009

Critical

Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2

Remote Code Execution

MS08-010

Critical

All IE on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

Remote Code Execution

MS08-011

Important

Office 2003 SP2, Office 2003 SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005

Remote Code Execution

MS08-012

Critical

Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, and Office 2003 SP2

Remote Code Execution

MS08-013

Critical

Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, and Office 2003 SP2, Office 2004 for Mac

Remote Code Execution

Summaries for these new bulletins may be found here.

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft is releasing an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Windows Update (WU) and the Download Center. Note that this tool will NOT be distributed using Software Update Services (SUS). Information on the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool can be located here:

High-Priority Non-Security Updates

High priority non-security updates Microsoft releases to be available on Microsoft Update (MU), Windows Update (WU) or Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be detailed in the following KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/?id=894199

 

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