Microsoft Security Bulletin: August 2010 Release

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This month it’s a pretty busy month with 14 new security being released for newly discovered vulnerabilities. Please see the details below and apply these updates where needed in your environments.

Bulletin ID Bulletin Title Maximum Severity Rating Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software
MS10-047 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981852) Important Elevation of Privilege Requires Restart Microsoft Windows
MS10-048 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2160329) Important Elevation of Privilege Requires Restart Microsoft Windows
MS10-049 Vulnerabilities in SChannel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980436) Critical Remote Code Execution Requires Restart Microsoft Windows
MS10-050 Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981997) Important Remote Code Execution May Require Restart Microsoft Windows

MS10-051

Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2079403) Critical Remote Code Execution Requires Restart Microsoft Windows

MS10-052

Vulnerability in Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Codecs Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2115168) Critical Remote Code Execution May Require Restart Microsoft Windows

MS10-053

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2183461) Critical Remote Code Execution Requires Restart Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer

MS10-054

Vulnerabilities in SMB Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (982214) Critical Remote Code Execution Requires Restart Microsoft Windows
MS10-055 Vulnerability in Cinepak Codec Could Allow Remote Code Execution (982665) Critical Remote Code Execution May Require Restart Microsoft Windows

MS10-056

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2269638) Critical Remote Code Execution May Require Restart Microsoft Office

MS10-057

Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2269707) Important Remote Code Execution May Require Restart Microsoft Office

MS10-058

Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (978886) Important Elevation of Privilege Requires Restart Microsoft Windows

MS10-059

Vulnerabilities in the Tracing Feature for Services Could Allow an Elevation of Privilege (982799) Important Elevation of Privilege May Require Restart Microsoft Windows

MS10-060

Vulnerabilities in the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime and in Microsoft Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2265906) Critical Remote Code Execution May Require Restart Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight

If you want a summary of these bulletins please go here.

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

We are also releasing an updated version of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.  More details can be found here.

Also make sure you check out the Microsoft Security Response Centre Blog for details on these updates plus other security information.

And for a different way of looking at updates check out Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy from my good mates in Canada!

That's all for now!

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