august 2011

  1. News

    Microsoft Security Advisory (2562937): Update Rollup for ActiveX Kill Bits - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2011): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing a new set of ActiveX kill bits with this advisory. Continue reading...
  2. News

    Summary for August 2011 - Version: 1.1

    Revision Note: V1.1 (August 10, 2011): For MS11-059, corrected restart requirement information in the Executive Summaries section. For MS11-065, corrected key note in the Exploitability Index for CVE-2011-1968. For MS11-068, revised Server Core notation for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server...
  3. News

    MS11-061 - Important : Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access. The vulnerability is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow...
  4. News

    MS11-049 - Important : Vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Editor Could Allow Information Disclosure

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V2.0 (August 9, 2011): Bulletin rereleased to announce a detection change to the update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (KB2251481) to add detection for related software listed in the update FAQ. There were no changes to the...
  5. News

    MS11-057 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2559049) - Version: 1.0

    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow...
  6. News

    Q&A From the August 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast

    Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded six questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and...
  7. News

    MS11-068: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel could allow denial of service: August 9, 2011

    Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow denial of service if a user visits a network share (or visits a website that points to a network share) that contains a specially crafted file. More...
  8. News

    MS11-064: Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP Stack Could Allow Denial of Service: August 9, 2011

    Resolves vulnerabilities in Windows that could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted ICMP messages to a target system or sends a specially crafted URL request to a server that is serving Web content and has the... More...
  9. News

    MS11-059: Vulnerability in Data Access Components could allow remote code execution: August 9, 2011

    Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate Excel-related file (such as a .xlsx file) that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted library file. More...
  10. News

    A live BlueHat Prize webcast and the August 2011 security updates

    Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our Link Removed due to 404 Error at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat Prize architect Katie Moussouris to stop by the Trustworthy Computing...
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