Friday, May 14, 2010
Hosts: Adrian Stone, Senior Security Program Manager Lead Jerry Bryant, Group Manager, Response Communications Website: TechNet/security Chat Topic: May 2010 Security Bulletin Release Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Q: Is Outlook Express installed by default in a Windows 2003 installation? A: Outlook Express was included as an in-box component of Windows Server 2003.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Hello Everybody- Today are releasing two security bulletins, MS10-030 and MS10-031 to address two vulnerabilities in Windows and Microsoft Office, both rated Critical. As always, we recommend that customers test and deploy both security updates as soon as possible. MS10-030 is a Windows-based update resolving one vulnerability affecting Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Today we released the fix for CVE-2010-0816 in MS10-030. This vulnerability affects Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail. We recommend that you install the update as soon as possible, but realize that some customers may need to prioritize which updates they install first. While the vulnerability is rated critical, many customers may not be affected by it.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Today we released bulletin MS10-031 addressing vulnerability CVE-2010-0815 in the VBE6.DLL library. VBE6.dll is part of Visual Basic Environment and can be used by many Microsoft products, including Microsoft Office. We wanted to share a little more detail about this vulnerability to help you make a risk decision regarding its exploitability.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Hi everyone, Today we published our advance notification for the May security bulletin release letting customers know that next Tuesday, May 11, we will release two Critical bulletins addressing two vulnerabilities - one in Windows and one in Office. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 customers will be offered the Windows related update but they are not vulnerable in their default configurations.
Monday, May 03, 2010
Hi everyone, Here’s an update on MS10-016, a Windows Movie Maker bulletin we released in March 2010. At the time, we did not have an update for Microsoft Producer 2003. Today we have released a new version of Microsoft Producer that replaces the old version. We recommend that all customers using Producer 2003 upgrade to the new version located here.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Hello. Today we released Security Advisory 983438, addressing a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0 that could allow Elevation of Privilege (EoP) within the SharePoint site itself. Servers are at reduced risk from Internet Explorer 8 clients, as the Internet Explorer 8 XSS filter helps to mitigate the issue in the internet zone.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Today we released Security Advisory 983438 informing customers of a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0. Here we would like to give further technical information about this vulnerability. What is the attack vector? The advisory states that the vulnerability could allow Elevation of Privilege (EoP) within the SharePoint site itself.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Hi everyone – I’m Carlene Chmaj, new to the Security Response team and here to tell you that the re-release of MS10-025 is available. Again, this only affects those with Windows 2000 Servers in a non-default configuration with Windows Media Services installed. All customers with this configurartion are advised to install this re-released update.
Friday, April 23, 2010
I wanted to give customers an update on the status of MS10-025. First, I want to reiterate that this issue affects only Windows 2000 Servers in a non-default configuration: Windows Media Services needs to be installed. Customers who do not have Windows Media Services installed are not affected and were not offered this update.
