Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: June 5, 2008
Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: June 10, 2008
This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on June 10, 2008.
This advance notification provides the software subject as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier. The security bulletins for this month are as follows, in order of severity:
Critical (3)
Bulletin Identifier Bluetooth Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Impact of Vulnerability
Remote Code Execution
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update may require a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
Bulletin Identifier Internet Explorer Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Impact of Vulnerability
Remote Code Execution
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update requires a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
Bulletin Identifier DirectX Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Impact of Vulnerability
Remote Code Execution
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update may require a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
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Important (3)
Bulletin Identifier WINS Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Important
Impact of Vulnerability
Elevation of Privilege
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update requires a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
Bulletin Identifier Active Directory Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Important
Impact of Vulnerability
Denial of Service
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update requires a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
Bulletin Identifier PGM Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Important
Impact of Vulnerability
Denial of Service
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update requires a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
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Moderate (1)
Bulletin Identifier Kill Bit Bulletin
Maximum Severity Rating
Moderate
Impact of Vulnerability
Remote Code Execution
Detection
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update may require a restart.
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
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Affected Software
This advance notification provides the software subject as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier.
Windows Operating System and Servers
Microsoft Windows 2000
Bulletin Identifier
Bluetooth
IE
DirectX
WINS
Active Directory
PGM
Kill Bit
Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Critical
Critical
Important
Important
Important
Moderate
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Not applicable
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4
(Important)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
(Critical)
DirectX 7.0
(Critical)
DirectX 8.1
(Critical)
DirectX 9.0, DirectX 9.0b, or DirectX 9.0c
(Critical)
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
(Moderate)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
(Important)
Active Directory
(Important)
Not applicable
Not applicable
Windows XP
Bulletin Identifier
Bluetooth
IE
DirectX
WINS
Active Directory
PGM
Kill Bit
Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Critical
Critical
Important
Important
Important
Moderate
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
(Critical)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)
DirectX 9.0, DirectX 9.0b, or DirectX 9.0c
(Critical)
Not applicable
ADAM
(Moderate)
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
(Important)
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
(Moderate)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Critical)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)
DirectX 9.0, DirectX 9.0b, or DirectX 9.0c
(Critical)
Not applicable
ADAM
(Moderate)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Moderate)
Windows Server 2003
Bulletin Identifier
Bluetooth
IE
DirectX
WINS
Active Directory
PGM
Kill Bit
Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Critical
Critical
Important
Important
Important
Moderate
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Not applicable
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
(Moderate)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)
DirectX 9.0, DirectX 9.0b, or DirectX 9.0c
(Critical)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Important)
Active Directory
(Moderate)
ADAM
(Moderate)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Important)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Low)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Not applicable
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
(Moderate)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)
DirectX 9.0, DirectX 9.0b, or DirectX 9.0c
(Critical)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)
Active Directory
(Moderate)
ADAM
(Moderate)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Low)
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Not applicable
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
(Moderate)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)
DirectX 9.0, DirectX 9.0b, or DirectX 9.0c
(Critical)
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
(Important)
Active Directory
(Moderate)
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
(Important)
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
(Low)
Windows Vista
Bulletin Identifier
Bluetooth
IE
DirectX
WINS
Active Directory
PGM
Kill Bit
Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Critical
Critical
Important
Important
Important
Moderate
Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
(Critical)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)
DirectX 10.0
(Critical)
Not applicable
Not applicable
Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
(Moderate)
Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
(Moderate)
Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
(Critical)
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)
DirectX 10.0
(Critical)
Not applicable
Not applicable
Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
(Moderate)
Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
(Moderate)
Windows Server 2008
Bulletin Identifier
Bluetooth
IE
DirectX
WINS
Active Directory
PGM
Kill Bit
Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating
Critical
Critical
Critical
Important
Important
Important
Moderate
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
Not applicable
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)*
DirectX 10.0
(Critical)**
Not applicable
Active Directory
(Moderate)*
AD LDS
(Moderate)*
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
(Moderate)**
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
(Low)*
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
Not applicable
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)*
DirectX 10.0
(Critical)**
Not applicable
Active Directory
(Moderate)*
AD LDS
(Moderate)*
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
(Moderate)**
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
(Low)*
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Not applicable
Windows Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)
DirectX 10.0
(Critical)
Not applicable
Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
(Moderate)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
(Low)
*Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected. For supported editions of Windows Server 2008, this update applies, with the same severity rating, whether or not Windows Server 2008 was installed using the Server Core installation option. For more information on this installation option, see Server Core. Note that the Server Core installation option does not apply to certain editions of Windows Server 2008; see Compare Server Core Installation Options.
**Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected. The vulnerability addressed by this update does not affect supported editions of Windows Server 2008 if Windows Server 2008 was installed using the Server Core installation option. For more information on this installation option, see Server Core. Note that the Server Core installation option does not apply to certain editions of Windows Server 2008; see Compare Server Core Installation Options.
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Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance
Security Central
Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile computers in your organization. For more information see the TechNet Update Management Center. The TechNet Security Center provides additional information about security in Microsoft products. Consumers can visit Security At Home, where this information is also available by clicking "Latest Security Updates".
Security updates are available from Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Office Update. Security updates are also available at the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
Finally, security updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Microsoft Update Catalog provides a searchable catalog of content made available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update, including security updates, drivers and service packs. By searching using the security bulletin number (such as, "MS07-036"), you can add all of the applicable updates to your basket (including different languages for an update), and download to the folder of your choosing. For more information about the Microsoft Update Catalog, see the Microsoft Update Catalog FAQ.
Detection and Deployment Guidance
Microsoft has provided detection and deployment guidance for this month's security updates. This guidance will also help IT professionals understand how they can use various tools to help deploy the security update, such as Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Office Update, the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the Office Detection Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), and the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool (ESUIT). For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 910723.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA, visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
Windows Server Update Services
By using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), administrators can quickly and reliably deploy the latest critical updates and security updates for Windows 2000 operating systems and later, Office XP and later, Exchange Server 2003, and SQL Server 2000 to Windows 2000 and later operating systems.
For more information about how to deploy this security update using Windows Server Update Services, visit Windows Server Update Services.
Systems Management Server
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) delivers a highly-configurable enterprise solution for managing updates. By using SMS, administrators can identify Windows-based systems that require security updates and to perform controlled deployment of these updates throughout the enterprise with minimal disruption to end users. The next release of SMS, System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available; see also System Center Configuration Manager 2007. For more information about how administrators can use SMS 2003 to deploy security updates, see SMS 2003 Security Patch Management. SMS 2.0 users can also use the Software Updates Services Feature Pack to help deploy security updates. For information about SMS, visit Microsoft Systems Management Server.
Note SMS uses the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Microsoft Office Detection Tool to provide broad support for security bulletin update detection and deployment. Some software updates may not be detected by these tools. Administrators can use the inventory capabilities of the SMS in these cases to target updates to specific systems. For more information about this procedure, see Deploying Software Updates Using the SMS Software Distribution Feature. Some security updates require administrative rights following a restart of the system. Administrators can use the Elevated Rights Deployment Tool (available in the SMS 2003 Administration Feature Pack and in the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack) to install these updates.
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Other Information
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Microsoft will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.
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Non-Security, High-Priority Updates on MU, WU, and WSUS
For information about non-security releases on Windows Update and Microsoft update, please see:
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894199: Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2008. Includes all Windows content.
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New, Revised, and Released Updates for Microsoft Products Other Than Microsoft Windows.
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Security Strategies and Community
Update Management Strategies
Security Guidance for Update Management provides additional information about Microsoft's best-practice recommendations for applying security updates.
Obtaining Other Security Updates
Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:
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Security updates are available from Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
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Updates for consumer platforms are available from Microsoft Update.
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You can obtain the security updates offered this month on Windows Update, from Download Center on Security and Critical Releases ISO CD Image files. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 913086.
IT Pro Security Community
Learn to improve security and optimize your IT infrastructure, and participate with other IT Pros on security topics in IT Pro Security Community.
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Support
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The affected software listed have been tested to determine which versions are affected. Other versions are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software version, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit International Help and Support.
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Full text here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-jun.mspx
Oh joy, it looks like another 50 mb download.
If updates are deemed " critical " how come they only release them on a monthly basis ?? >:(
Because MS regard time in a biblical sort of way? I agree, if they are critical why not now?? :(
Thanks, Rik.
Just got eight updates for Vista.