Microsoft announced today they will be releasing a total of 10 bulletins addressing 34 vulnerabilities rated important (7) to critical (3) that could allow for remote code execution. Six bulletins affecting all Windows versions (2 critical and 4 important), two affecting Microsoft office XP, 2003 and 2007 (2 important), one affects Windows and Office (important) and one affects Internet Explorer (critical). More details available here.

Two other publicly known security issues will be addressed this month:

Vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint - Security Advisory 983438

Vulnerability in Internet Explorer - Security Advisory 980088

[1] Microsoft Security Response Center Blog

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Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot org