Microsoft Security Bulletin: December 09 Release
This month 6 is the lucky number again. We have 6 updates this month. Please see details of these below.
| Bulletin ID | Bulletin Title | Max Severity Rating | Vulnerability Impact | Restart Requirement | Affected Software |
| MS09-069 | Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Could Allow Denial of Service | Important | Denial of Service | Requires Restart | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 |
| MS09-070 | Vulnerabilities in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution | Important | Remote Code Execution | Requires Restart | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 |
| MS09-071 | Vulnerabilities in Internet Authentication Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution | Critical | Remote Code Execution | Requires Restart | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 |
| MS09-072 | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer | Critical | Remote Code Execution | Requires Restart | Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| MS09-073 | Vulnerability in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution | Important | Remote Code Execution | Requires Restart | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Office XP, Office 2003, Works 8.5, and Office Converter Pack |
| MS09-074 | Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Project Could Allow Remote Code Execution | Critical | Remote Code Execution | May Require Restart | Microsoft Project 2000, Project 2002, and Project 2003 |
Summaries of these bulletins can be found here.
A video and a podcast are available on https://edge.TechNet.com that goes through these updates.
December 2009 Security Bulletin Overview In this 8 minute video, Trustworthy Computing provides an overview of the 6 bulletins addressing 12 vulnerabilities.
Security Bulletins for the Regular IT Guy – Dec 09 Podcast Pierre Rowan and Rick Claus describe 6 bulletins in a friendly, informative podcast for customers.
Enjoy!
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