It’s June now so we get to look forward to the monthly Microsoft update, which will be next week June 8th. As reported by Ars Technica the patch this month is hefty and Microsoft has released 10 security bulletins in advance about the updates. These 10 bulletins will fix 34 vulnerabilities and MS will host a webcast on June 9 to address customer questions.
Three of the vulnerabilities are marked “Critical” and seven are marked “Important”. Critical vulnerabilities mean tha
t they could be exploited to allow remote code execution allowing the hacker control of the computer. The operating systems included in this update are: Windows 2000, Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows Server 2008 R2. In terms of the Microsoft Office suites, all supported versions are affected on both Windows and Mac OS X.
The exact contents of the bulletins is:
– Bulletin 1: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows
– Bulletin 2: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows
– Bulletin 3: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows, Internet Explorer
– Bulletin 4: Important (Elevation of Privilege), Windows
– Bulletin 5: Important (Remote Code Execution), Office
– Bulletin 6: Important (Elevation of Privilege), Windows
– Bulletin 7: Important (Remote Code Execution), Office
– Bulletin 8: Important (Elevation of Privilege), Office, Microsoft Server Software
– Bulletin 9: Important (Remote Code Execution), Windows
– Bulletin 10: Important (Tampering), Windows
The updates will also include a fix for the April Sharepoint vulnerability and the Februrary IE flaw. There will also be a few non-critical updates released. Keep in mind that since this is preliminary info it is subject to change as MS has been known to rush patches or pull them unexpectedly.
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