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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2007

Patch Tuesday cometh next week, advanced notification here today. You can expect 5 security bulletins one of which is critical. If I read the Affected Software chart correctly the only one that affects Windows Vista is bulletin 3 the Windows Service for Unix, which is an optional install.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin 1
Maximum Severity Rating	Critical
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin 2
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and Enterprise Update Scan Tool can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update may require a restart.
Affected Software	Visual Studio. For more information, see the Affected Software section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin 3
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Elevation of Privilege
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and Enterprise Update Scan Tool can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows Services for UNIX, Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications. For more information, see the Affected Software section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin 4
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	These products provide built-in mechanisms for automatic detection and deployment of updates. The update will not require a restart.
Affected Software	MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger. For more information, see the Affected Software section.

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin 5
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Elevation of Privilege
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will not require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows, SharePoint Server. For more information, see the Affected Software section.

Posted Sep 06 2007, 01:09 PM by Josh Phillips

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