DP's Security Bits

Issued: December 9, 2009

Summary

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

* MS09-073 - Important
* MS09-072 - Critical
* MS09-071 - Critical
* MS09-070 - Important
* MS09-058 - Important
* MS08-037 - Important

Bulletin Information:

* MS09-073 - Important

- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-073.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (December 9, 2009): Removed a redundant
entry for the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack from the
non-affected software table. Also corrected several
deployment reference tables to clarify that in some cases,
this update does not require a restart. This is an
informational change only.
- Originally posted: December 8, 2009
- Updated: December 9, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.1

* MS09-072 - Critical

- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-072.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (December 9, 2009): Corrected a
reference to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 976749 in the
section, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This
Security Update. Also corrected, in the Security Update
Deployment section, the registry key for verification of the
update for Internet Explorer 7 for all supported x64-based
editions of Windows XP.
- Originally posted: December 8, 2009
- Updated: December 9, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 1.1

* MS09-071 - Critical

- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-071.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (December 9, 2009): Added an entry to
the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security
Update section to explain this revision. This is an
informational change only.
- Originally posted: December 8, 2009
- Updated: December 9, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 1.1

* MS09-070 - Important

- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-070.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (December 9, 2009): Corrected the SMS
2.0 and SMS 2003 with SUIT entries for Windows Server 2003
x64 Edition Service Pack 2 in the SMS table. This is an
information change only.
- Originally posted: December 8, 2009
- Updated: December 9, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.1

* MS09-058 - Important

- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-058.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V1.1 (December 9, 2009): Added a link to
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 971486 under Known Issues in
the Executive Summary.
- Originally posted: October 13, 2009
- Updated: December 9, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 1.1

* MS08-037 - Important

- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-037.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V3.1 (December 9, 2009): Corrected the
registry key verification and removal information in the
reference table for the DNS client on Microsoft Windows 2000
Service Pack 4 (KB951748). This is an informational change only.
- Originally posted: July 8, 2008
- Updated: December 9, 2009
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 3.1