May 2011 Office Security Update Release

The May Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin and 3 non-security updates.

The following Security updates were released for:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-036

• Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2540162)
• Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (KB2535802)
• Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (KB2535812)
• Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2535818)

The PowerPoint patches released this month contain fixes to issues of corrupted background images in layout slides that were reported with the PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 April 2011 Public Updates. 

For users who experienced problems with PowerPoint Public Updates (KB2464588 or KB2464617), the May Public Update includes fixes for the PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 issues. Additionally, for those users experiencing document issues after installing this update please review the workarounds listed in the KB’s for 2003 or 2002.

Joining the security bulletin is a rerelease of Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2509470) which fixes issues around print previewing that were reported with the Outlook 2007 April 2011 Public Update.

As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filters for Office 2003 and 2007 were also updated.

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 10, 2011
  If KB2543241 is already applied, is KB2535812 still needed? They seem to have the same files. The security bulletin says nothing about this. KB2535812 says it includes KB2543241, but does it add anything?

• Anonymous
  May 13, 2011
  In the KB Article, it mentions that PPT Viewer is Non-Affected software, yet, only those machines that have PowerPoint Viewer are still having files updated and the patch showing up in ARP.