DP's Security Bits

Issued: September 10, 2008

Summary

The following bulletins have undergone a minor revision increment.
Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.

  * MS08-055 - Critical
  * MS08-054 - Critical
  * MS08-053 - Critical
  * MS08-051 - Critical
  * MS08-049 - Important
  * MS08-018 - Critical
  * MS08-012 - Critical
  * MS08-009 - Critical
  * MS07-047 - Important

Bulletin Information:

* MS08-055 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-055.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 10, 2008): Corrected the
    installation switches and deployment information for OneNote
    2007, and added to the list of non-affected software. Also,
    updated FAQ entries explaining why this update is offered to
    systems with non-affected software. 
  - Originally posted: September 9, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 1.1
   
* MS08-054 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-054.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 10, 2008): Removed erroneous
    entry from Mitigating Factors for Windows Media Player
    Sampling Rate Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2253. 
  - Originally posted: September 9, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 1.1
   
* MS08-053 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-053.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 10, 2008): Corrected the
    "Installing without user intervention" and "Installing
    without restarting" switches in the Security Update
    Deployment sections for Windows Vista and Windows Server
    2008. Also changed "C:\Program Files"" to "%programfiles%" in
    the Workarounds for Windows Media Encoder Buffer Overrun
    Vulnerability - CVE-2008-3008 commands. 
  - Originally posted: September 9, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 1.1
   
* MS08-051 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-051.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V2.1 (September 10, 2008): Added Microsoft
    Office Live Meeting 2005 client and Microsoft Office Live
    Meeting 2007 client to the list of non-affected software. 
  - Originally posted: August 12, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 2.1
   
* MS08-049 - Important

  -http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-049.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.1 (September 10, 2008): Corrected a
    registry key verification entry for Windows XP. 
  - Originally posted: August 12, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
  - Version: 1.1
   
* MS08-018 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-018.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.3 (September 10, 2008): Bulletin updated:
    Added entry to Update FAQ to clarify why this update is
    Critical for Project 2000 but only Important for all other
    affected versions of Project. 
  - Originally posted: April 8, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 1.3
   
* MS08-012 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-012.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.2 (September 10, 2008): Bulletin updated
    to add FAQ entry to clarify why non-vulnerable versions of
    Microsoft Office can be offered this update. 
  - Originally posted: February 12, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 1.2
   
* MS08-009 - Critical

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-009.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.2 (September 10, 2008): Bulletin updated:
    Added entry to Update FAQ to clarify why non-vulnerable
    versions of Microsoft Office can be offered this update. 
  - Originally posted: February 12, 2008
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
  - Version: 1.2
   
* MS07-047 - Important

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-047.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V2.1 (September 10, 2008): Removed Windows
    Media Player 9 on Windows XP Service Pack 3 from the Affected
    Software table. This is a bulletin change only; there were no
    changes to detection or to the binaries. Customers who have
    successfully updated their systems do not need to reinstall
    this update. 
  - Originally posted: August 14, 2007
  - Updated: September 10, 2008
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
  - Version: 2.1