October 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin Release

Hello all,

Today Microsoft has released the following Security updates:

Bulletin Number

Maximum Severity

Affected Products

Impact

MS08-056

Moderate

Microsoft Office XP

Information Disclosure

MS08-057

Critical

Microsoft Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003 and Excel Viewer 2003, Excel 2007 and Excel Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 File Formats, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac

Remote Code Execution

MS08-058

Critical

Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Remote Code Execution

MS08-059

Critical

Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2004 and Host Integration Server 2006

Remote Code Execution

MS08-060

Critical

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Remote Code Execution

MS08-061

Important

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Elevation of Privilege

MS08-062

Important

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Remote Code Execution

MS08-063

Important

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Remote Code Execution

MS08-064

Important

Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

Elevation of Privilege

MS08-065

Important

Microsoft Windows 2000

Remote Code Execution

MS08-066

Important

Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Elevation of Privilege

For more information, please see https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-oct.mspx.