Microsoft Security Patches Coming Next Week

Sunday, 07 February 2010 04:33

A new group of security patches are scheduled for release on Tuesday Feb 9,2010. The image below shows what software will be affected and by how many updates and the type.

Security Patch

This month Microsoft will be releasing 13 bulletins – five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and one rated Moderate . At the heart they will be addressing 26 vulnerabilities. In the first half of January 2010, Microsoft released one security bulletin that would impact Windows. But in February the number has grown to 13.

Here is how Windows 7 Vulnerabilities are to be handled.

Bulletin ID	Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact	Restart Requirement	Affected Software
Bulletin 1	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 2	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 3	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 4	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 6	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 7	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
Bulletin 8	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
Bulletin 9	Important Denial of Service	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 10	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 5	Important Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 11	Important Denial of Service	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 12	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
Bulletin 13	Moderate Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows

Use the table to learn about the security updates that will be available and if you should install it. You should review each software program or component listed to see whether any security updates pertain to your installation. If a software program or component is listed, then the severity rating of the security update is also listed. The table also has information for windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, and Server 2008 R2.

Source: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2010

Also as reported here in the post An Old Vulnerability from 1993 Rears Its Head in 32Bit-Windows7, Microsoft will be supplying a patch affecting the 32-bit (x86) versions of Windows, including Windows 7. Advisory 979682 will address vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-feb.mspx