DP's Security Bits

Issued: January 13, 2009

Summary

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

  * MS08-066 - Important
  * MS08-037 - Important

Bulletin Information:

* MS08-066 - Important

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-066.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V1.1 (January 13, 2009): Added an entry to
    the section, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to this
    Security Update, explaining this revision as a detection
    change for this security update. The corrected detection
    offers the security update to affected systems that
    previously were not offered this security update. Customers
    who have successfully updated their systems do not need to
    reinstall this update. 
  - Originally posted: October 14, 2008
  - Updated: January 13, 2009
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
  - Version: 1.1
   
* MS08-037 - Important

  - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-037.mspx
  - Reason for Revision: V2.3 (January 13, 2009): Added a new entry
    to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This
    Security Update section to communicate the fix to a detection
    and deployment issue with Windows XP Service Pack 3. There
    were no changes to the binaries or packages for this update.
    Customers who have successfully updated their systems do not
    need to reinstall this update. 
  - Originally posted: July 8, 2008
  - Updated: January 13, 2009
  - Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
  - Version: 2.3