Everyone should be on the look out for an emergency security update coming out from Microsoft today. This is a Critical update for most Windows operating systems, but is only rated as important for Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-oct.mspx
Even though it is only rated as Important on Windows Vista the fact that they are choosing to issue this patch out of band must mean there are active exploits so patch yourself as soon as possible.
For those looking for more details there will be a webcast hosted today at 1pm PST. Details below:
Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on
this out-of-band security bulletin on October 23, 2008, at 1:00 PM
Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register for this out-of-band Security
Bulletin Webcast at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx.
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2 and
Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium based Systems
- Windows Vista and
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
- Windows Vista x64 Edition and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Posted
Oct 23 2008, 07:03 AM
by
Josh Phillips
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