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Month Archives: September 2009

Assessing the risk of the September Critical security bulletins

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

This morning we released five security bulletins, all of them having a bulletin maximum severity rating of Critical and two having a bulletin maximum exploitability index rating of “1” (Consistent exploit code likely). We wanted to just say a few words about each bulletin to help you prioritize your deployment this month.

Microsoft Security Advisory 975497 Released

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

We’ve just released Microsoft released Security Advisory 975497 that provides information about a new, irresponsibly reported vulnerability in SMB 2.0. Our investigation has shown that Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 RC are affected by this vulnerability. Windows 7 RTM, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP and Windows 2000 are not affected by this vulnerability.

September 2009 Security Bulletin Release

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Summary of Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Release for September 2009 Hello again, This month we released five critical bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Windows and protect customers from two types of threats: 1. Browser based attacks where websites hosting malicious code attempt to compromise visitors. This includes MS09-045, MS09-046 and MS09-047.

September 2009 bulletin Release

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Advance Notification for the September 2009 Security Bulletin Release This month we will be releasing 5 security bulletins, all affecting Windows, and all with an aggregate severity rating of critical. As always, the target for release is the second Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. PDT (UTC -8). Please check back here at that time as we will be posting our risk and impact assessment, a new deployment prioritization table and an overview video.

SQL Server information disclosure non-vulnerability

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

We’ve gotten some questions about a reported issue with SQL Server exposing plaintext user passwords. We investigated the issue and found that attackers would need administrative control of a SQL Server to extract passwords from it. We checked with the security researchers who reported the issue and they confirmed that this is an information disclosure issue requiring the attacker to first have administrative control of the installation.

Microsoft Security Advisory 975191 Released

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Hi Everyone, This is Alan Wallace, senior communications manager for our security response communications team. Today, Microsoft released Security Advisory 975191, to provide customer guidance and protection from a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on affected systems running the FTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.