October 2008 Update Release
On Tuesday, October 14th, 2008, Office released 9 security updates across 2 bulletins. The security updates apply to the following products:
- Microsoft Office Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, Excel Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer, the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack and the 2007 Microsoft Office System, and Excel Services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, as described in security bulletin MS08-057.
- Microsoft Office XP, as described in security bulletin MS08-056.
For complete details, see "Microsoft Security Updates for October 2008" for home users and "Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2008" for advanced users. Office also released two updates for the Outlook 2003 and 2007 Junk Email Filters.
Office also released Security Update for the Access Snapshot Viewer, as described in security bulletin MS08-041. This update applies to the Download Center edition of the Access Snapshot Viewer.