Microsoft Security Bulletin: August 2011 Release

What is the purpose of this alert?

This alert is to provide you with an overview of the new security bulletin(s) being released on August 09, 2011. Security bulletins are released monthly to resolve critical problem vulnerabilities.

New Security Bulletins

Microsoft is releasing the following 13 new security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities:

Bulletin ID	Bulletin Title	Max Severity Rating	Vulnerability Impact	Restart Requirement	Affected Software
MS11-057	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2559049)	Critical	Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-058	Vulnerabilities in DNS Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2562485)	Critical	Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-059	Vulnerability in Data Access Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2560656)	Important	Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-060	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2560978)	Important	Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Visio 2003, Visio 2007, and Visio 2010.
MS11-061	Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2546250)	Important	Elevation of Privilege	May require restart	Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-062	Vulnerability in Remote Access Service NDISTAPI Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2566454)	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
MS11-063	Vulnerability in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2567680)	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-064	Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP Stack Could Allow Denial of Service (2563894)	Important	Denial of Service	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-065	Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service (2570222)	Important	Denial of Service	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
MS11-066	Vulnerability in Microsoft Chart Control Could Allow Information Disclosure (2567943)	Important	Information Disclosure	May require restart	Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Chart Control for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.
MS11-067	Vulnerability in Microsoft Report Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure (2578230)	Important	Information Disclosure	May require restart	Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 and Report Viewer 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package.
MS11-068	Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Denial of Service (2556532)	Moderate	Denial of Service	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-069	Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Information Disclosure (2567951)	Moderate	Information Disclosure	May require restart	Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.

You can get summaries of the bulletins here. It’s a big month for updates so make sure you look at these and apply them where needed in your environment.

Jeffa

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