Microsoft Patch Tuesday

PaulK_3

Infoworld

Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, including three critical updates for Windows and Excel users.
The critical updates will fix bugs in many different versions of Microsoft's products, including the latest versions of Excel, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft said Thursday in a note on its Web site.
Online criminals have used flaws in Excel and other Microsoft Office products in limited attacks over the past year. Typically, the attacker will e-mail the victim a maliciously encoded Office attachment. If the document is opened, the hacker can then gain access to the victim's computer.
Microsoft isn't releasing further details on the flaws it's fixing until Tuesday, but it rates an update critical if it fixes a vulnerability that could be used by a hacker to remotely install unauthorized software on a victim's computer.
Three other less-critical updates are also planned for next week's "Patch Tuesday" security fixes.
They include "important" updates for Microsoft Publisher 2007 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 as well as a fix for Windows Vista.

Just a heads up for people running Microsoft Operating systems.

PaulK_3

Information has now been updated on the MS site
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-jul.mspx

Critical (3)

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 does not require a restart.
Affected Software
Office, Excel. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


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 and Download Locations section.


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
.NET Framework. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Important (2)
Maximum Severity Rating
Important
Impact of Vulnerability
Remote Code Execution
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update does not require a restart.
Affected Software
Office, Publisher. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Maximum Severity Rating
Important
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 XP Professional. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Moderate (1)
Maximum Severity Rating
Moderate
Impact of Vulnerability
Information Disclosure
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software
Windows Vista. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.