Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: July 14, 2009
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Office Publisher

Overview

Microsoft has released updates that address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Publisher.

Solution

Install updates

The updates to address these vulnerabilities are available on the Microsoft Update site (requires Internet Explorer). We recommend enabling Automatic Updates.

Description

In the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2009, Microsoft released updates to address vulnerabilities that affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Publisher.

These vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges, or cause a vulnerable application to crash.

Microsoft indicates that two of these vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows are being exploited by attackers.

References

• US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-195A - <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html>
• Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2009 - <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-jul.mspx>
• Microsoft Update - <https://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx>
• Microsoft Security At Home - <http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx>
• Protect Your Computer - Microsoft Update - Microsoft Security - <http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/mu.aspx>

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Revision History

July 14, 2009: Initial release