Microsoft Security Bulletin: September 2011 Release

It’s that time again. Time to think about security updates. Please see details below for this months security bulletin.

This alert is to provide you with an overview of the new security bulletin(s) being released on September 13, 2011. Security bulletins are released monthly to resolve critical problem vulnerabilities. We are also providing a summary on a revision to Microsoft Security Advisory 2607712, published on September 13, 2011.

New Security Bulletins

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

Bulletin ID	Bulletin Title	Max Severity Rating	Vulnerability Impact	Restart Requirement	Affected Software
MS11-070	Vulnerability in WINS Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2571621)	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-071	Vulnerability in Windows Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2570947)	Important	Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
MS11-072	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2587505)	Important	Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Office 2007, Excel 2010, Office 2010, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, Office for Mac 2011, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Excel Viewer Service Pack 2, Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2010, and Excel Web App 2010.
MS11-073	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2587634)	Important	Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office 2003, Office 2007, and Office 2010.
MS11-074	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2451858)	Important	Elevation of Privilege	May require restart	Microsoft Office Groove 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2010, Office Forms Server 2007, Office Groove Data Bridge Server 2007, Office Groove Management Server 2007, Groove Server 2010, Office Web Apps 2010, Word Web App 2010, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

Summaries for new bulletin(s) may be found at https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms11-sep.

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft is releasing an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Windows Update (WU), and the Download Centre. Information on the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is available at https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830.

Jeffa

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Comments

• Anonymous
  September 14, 2011
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• Anonymous
  September 15, 2011
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• Anonymous
  September 17, 2011
  What I can, give me Google Chrome,Firefox or any other OS browser,IE long time ago it has been dumped,no matter which version Linux Rocks

• Anonymous
  September 21, 2011
  I don' think this is the right forum for discussing IE vs other browsers, especially as there's no IE updates this month....