As mentioned in January’s advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 7 bulletins addressing 8 vulnerabilities. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System restart being required and the services this may affect: Bulletin ID Bulletin Title and Executive Summary Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability [...]

Advanced notification blog Microsoft is starting off 2012 with 7 bulletins addressing 8 vulnerabilities. Bulletin breakdown: 1 bulletin is rated as critical 6 bulletins are rated as important 1 vulnerability could lead to a security feature bypass 2 vulnerabilities could lead to information disclosure 1 vulnerability could lead to elevation of privileges These updates will [...]

As mentioned in December’s advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 14 bulletins addressing 20 vulnerabilities. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System restart being required and hence impacting on services provided: Bulletin ID Bulletin Title and Executive Summary Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for December 2011, sees the release of 14 bulletins addressing 20 vulnerabilities. Bulletin Breakdown: 3 bulletins are rated Critical, 11 are Important 10 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 3 vulnerability can lead to Elevation of Privilege 1 vulnerability can lead to Information Disclosure   The following table summarises the security [...]

As mentioned in Novembers advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 4 bulletins addressing 4 vulnerabilities. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System restart being required and hence impacting on services provided: Bulletin ID Bulletin Title and Executive Summary Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for November 2011, sees the release of 4 bulletins addressing 4 vulnerabilities. Bulletin Breakdown: 1 bulletin is rated Critical, 2 are Important and 1 Moderate 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 1 vulnerability can lead to Elevation of Privilege 1 vulnerability can lead to Denial of Service   The following [...]

As mentioned in Octobers Advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 8 bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System restart being required and hence impacting on services provided: Bulletin ID Bulletin Title and Executive Summary Maximum Severity [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for October 2011, sees the release of 8 bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. Bulletin Breakdown: 2 bulletins are rated Critical, 6 are Important 6 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 1 vulnerability can lead to Elevation of Privilege 1 vulnerability can lead to Denial of Service The following table summarises the security [...]

As mentioned in September’s Advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 5 bulletins addressing 15 vulnerabilities, all of which have an important rating. Microsoft has recommended for all security updates to be installed asap. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for September 2011, sees the release of 5 bulletins addressing 15 vulnerabilities: Bulletin Breakdown: All 5 bulletins are rated Important 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege The following table summarises the security bulletins for this month in order of severity. Bulletin ID [...]