Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification
February 5, 2005 Leave a comment
In an interesting move, Microsoft has pre-announced 13 security vulnerabilities. From the link:
* 9 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart.
* 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft SharePoint Services and Office. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Moderate. These updates may or may not require a restart.
* 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft .NET Framework. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Important. This update will require a restart.
* 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Office. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for this security bulletin is Critical. These updates will require a restart.
* 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Player, and MSN Messenger. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. These updates will require a restart.
There are a lot of critical's in there, that's for sure. If you're responsible for a Windows machine you may want to get to work early on Tuesday ;) Would seem that Microsoft is preparing for the worst on this one – they even have a webcast setup.
–jeremy
