Hey everyone, This is Jerry Bryant. I am the Business, Operations & Communications Manager on the Security Response Communications team. I am writing to let you know about a new process we are implementing regarding the questions and answers from our monthly security bulletin webcast. Attendee’s to the webcast ask a lot of great questions concerning the security updates we just released and we have many subject matter experts (SME’s) on hand to answer them. In order for the broader community...

Hi. Bill here. Today we released Microsoft Security Advisory (956187) to warn you of public exploit code available for Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-037 (Vulnerabilities in DNS Could Allow Spoofing (953230). We have investigated the public exploit code and have determined that customers who have installed Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-037 are not affected. As you may recall, MS08-037 was released in coordination with other DNS vendors across the industry that were also impacted...

Hi. Bill here. I want to let you know that customers running Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 may experience an issue installing the update provided in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 954960 . The update does not correctly elevate privileges, which are required for the installation to complete. In order to successfully install this update we have identified steps in Advisory 954960. Additionally, the update does not place an entry in Add or Remove...

Hello, This is Christopher Budd. I wanted to take a moment and let you know about a revision that we’ve made to MS08-037 today. After the release of MS08-037 , we became aware of reports of ZoneAlarm customers experiencing issues after applying the security updates. We started investigating these reports as soon as we heard about them and have been working to research this issue. We’re still working on this issue but we do have some information from our investigation so far, which we’ve put...

Hi. Bill here. I want to let you know that we updated Microsoft Security Advisory 954960 , which contains information regarding deployment issues with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) version 3.0 and 3.0 Service Pack 1. Under specific conditions, the issue does not let clients detect any updates from a WSUS server on systems with Microsoft Office 2003 installed. We have released an update to correct this issue under Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 954960 . Microsoft encourages...

Hello, Bill here, I wanted to let you know that we have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory (953635). This advisory contains information regarding a new public report of a possible vulnerability within Microsoft Office Word which could allow for remote code execution. Our investigation thus far has shown that this vulnerability affects Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 only. At this time, we are aware of limited, targeted attacks attempting to use the reported vulnerability,...

Hi, Simon here again – I just wanted to follow up on the SQL update detection issue I mentioned below. We’ve released updated WU/MU detection and an updated WSUS catalog to resolve this issue. Cheers, Simon Release Manager, MSRC July 2008 Monthly Bulletin Release I'm Simon, Release Manager in the MSRC. The July 2008 release contains 4 new bulletins, all with maximum severities of "Important". MS08-037 Vulnerabilities in DNS Could Allow Spoofing (953230) MS08...

Hi. Bill here. I want to let you know that we have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory 955179 , which contains information regarding active, targeted attacks using a vulnerability in the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control for Microsoft Access. The Snapshot Viewer enables you to view a report snapshot without having the standard or run-time versions of Microsoft Office Access. The vulnerability affects the Snapshot Viewer in Microsoft Office Access 2000, Microsoft Office Access...

Hello, Bill here. I wanted to let you know that we just posted our Advance Notification for next week’s bulletin release which will occur on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 around 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. It is important to remember that while the information posted below is intended to help with your planning, because it is preliminary information, it is subject to change. As part of our regularly scheduled bulletin release, we’re currently planning to release: · Four Microsoft Security...