Friday, October 10, 2008

October 2008 Advanced Notification

On October 14, 2008, Microsoft is planning to release eleven new security bulletins, four critical, six important and one moderate. Following is a brief break-down of the anticipated updates. Complete details are available in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2008.

Critical
  • AD Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: remote code execution.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows

  • IE Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: remote code execution.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer

  • Excel Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: remote code execution.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Office
Important
  • Windows 1 Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: elevation of privilege.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows.
  • Windows 2 Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: elevation of privilege.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows.
  • Windows 3 Bulletin.
    Impact of Vulnerability: remote code execution.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows

  • Windows 4 Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: remote code execution.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows

  • Windows 5 Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: elevation of privilege.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows

  • Windows 6 Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: remote code execution.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Windows
Moderate
  • Office Bulletin
    Impact of Vulnerability: information disclosure.
    Affected Software: Microsoft Office

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