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February 2015 Updates

February 10th, 2015 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine security bulletins – three rated Critical and six rated Important in severity, to address 56 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server software. 

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate the XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one Security Bulletin:

One new Security Advisory was released:

One Security Advisory was revised:

We also announced changes related to SSL 3.0 and you can read more about these on the IE blog.

For the latest information, you can follow the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

MSRC Team

February 2015 Updates

February 10th, 2015 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine security bulletins – three rated Critical and six rated Important in severity, to address 56 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server software. 

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate the XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one Security Bulletin:

One new Security Advisory was released:

One Security Advisory was revised:

We also announced changes related to SSL 3.0 and you can read more about these on the IE blog.

For the latest information, you can follow the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

MSRC Team

January 2015 Updates

January 13th, 2015 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates – one rated Critical and seven rated Important in severity, to address eight unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows.

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one Security Bulletin:

One Security Advisory was revised:

For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

MSRC Team

January 2015 Updates

January 13th, 2015 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates – one rated Critical and seven rated Important in severity, to address eight unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows.

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one Security Bulletin:

One Security Advisory was revised:

For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

MSRC Team

December 2014 Updates

December 9th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released seven security updates – three rated Critical and four rated Important in severity, to address 24 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange.

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released two Security Bulletins:

 One Security Advisory was revised:

 For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

December 2014 Updates

December 9th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released seven security updates – three rated Critical and four rated Important in severity, to address 24 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange.

We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released two Security Bulletins:

 One Security Advisory was revised:

 For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

Advance Notification Service for the December 2014 Security Bulletin Release

December 4th, 2014 No comments

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange.

As per our monthly process, we’ve scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, December 9, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

Follow us on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

Advance Notification Service for the December 2014 Security Bulletin Release

December 4th, 2014 No comments

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange.

As per our monthly process, we’ve scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, December 9, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

Follow us on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

November 2014 Updates

November 11th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Input Method Editor (IME) (Japanese), and Kernel Mode Driver (KMD).

We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize deployment planning, we recommend focusing on the Critical updates first. For additional insight on deployment priority, review the Security Research and Defense blog “Assessing risk for the November 2014 security updates.”

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one security advisory this month:

In related security news, through Microsoft Update, we are expanding best-in-class encryption protections to older, supported versions of Windows and Windows Server. To learn more, visit the Microsoft Cyber Trust blog.

For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

November 2014 Updates

November 11th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Input Method Editor (IME) (Japanese), and Kernel Mode Driver (KMD).

We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize deployment planning, we recommend focusing on the Critical updates first. For additional insight on deployment priority, review the Security Research and Defense blog “Assessing risk for the November 2014 security updates.”

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one security advisory this month:

In related security news, through Microsoft Update, we are expanding best-in-class encryption protections to older, supported versions of Windows and Windows Server. To learn more, visit the Microsoft Cyber Trust blog.

For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

November 2014 Updates

November 11th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Input Method Editor (IME) (Japanese), and Kernel Mode Driver (KMD).

We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize deployment planning, we recommend focusing on the Critical updates first. For additional insight on deployment priority, review the Security Research and Defense blog “Assessing risk for the November 2014 security updates.”

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one security advisory this month:

In related security news, through Microsoft Update, we are expanding best-in-class encryption protections to older, supported versions of Windows and Windows Server. To learn more, visit the Microsoft Cyber Trust blog.

For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

November 2014 Updates

November 11th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Input Method Editor (IME) (Japanese), and Kernel Mode Driver (KMD).

We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize deployment planning, we recommend focusing on the Critical updates first. For additional insight on deployment priority, review the Security Research and Defense blog “Assessing risk for the November 2014 security updates.”

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description can be found here.

We re-released one security advisory this month:

In related security news, through Microsoft Update, we are expanding best-in-class encryption protections to older, supported versions of Windows and Windows Server. To learn more, visit the Microsoft Cyber Trust blog.

For the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

Advance Notification Service for the November 2014 Security Bulletin Release

November 6th, 2014 No comments

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of 16 Security Bulletins. Five of these updates are rated Critical, nine are rated as Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Input Method Editor (IME) (Japanese), and Kernel Mode Driver (KMD).

As per our monthly process, we've scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, November 11, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PST. At that time, we'll provide deployment guidance. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

We also want to let you know about a new way we will deliver our Security Bulletins. To streamline the way customers receive our security updates, we are directing customers to resources that will be available on the MSRC blog on Update Tuesday.

Follow us on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

Advance Notification Service for the November 2014 Security Bulletin Release

November 6th, 2014 No comments

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of 16 Security Bulletins. Five of these updates are rated Critical, nine are rated as Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Input Method Editor (IME) (Japanese), and Kernel Mode Driver (KMD).

As per our monthly process, we've scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, November 11, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PST. At that time, we'll provide deployment guidance. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

We also want to let you know about a new way we will deliver our Security Bulletins. To streamline the way customers receive our security updates, we are directing customers to resources that will be available on the MSRC blog on Update Tuesday.

Follow us on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

October 2014 Updates

October 14th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates – three rated Critical and five rated Important – to address 24 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) in Windows, Office, .NET Framework, .ASP.NET, and Internet Explorer (IE). We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize deployment planning, we recommend focusing on the Critical updates first.

Here’s an overview slide and video of the security updates released today:

 

 

 

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary Web page. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description is found here.

We released three security advisories this month:

We also revised Security Bulletin MS14-042: Vulnerability in Microsoft Service Bus Could Allow Denial of Service (2972621) and Security Advisory 2755801: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer.

Today, Microsoft also announced upcoming updates to the out-of-date ActiveX control blocking feature. Beginning November 11, 2014, the out-of-date ActiveX control blocking feature will automatically be expanded to block outdated versions of Silverlight, in addition to outdated versions of Java. It is also being expanded to support Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. For more information on this, please visit the IEBlog.

Watch our bulletin webcast tomorrow, Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 11 a.m. PDT.

For all the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Thanks,
Tracey Pretorius, Director,
Response Communications

October 2014 Updates

October 14th, 2014 No comments

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates – three rated Critical and five rated Important – to address 24 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) in Windows, Office, .NET Framework, .ASP.NET, and Internet Explorer (IE). We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize deployment planning, we recommend focusing on the Critical updates first.

Here’s an overview slide and video of the security updates released today:

 

 

 

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index (XI) broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary Web page. If you are not familiar with how we calculate XI, a full description is found here.

We released three security advisories this month:

We also revised Security Bulletin MS14-042: Vulnerability in Microsoft Service Bus Could Allow Denial of Service (2972621) and Security Advisory 2755801: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer.

Today, Microsoft also announced upcoming updates to the out-of-date ActiveX control blocking feature. Beginning November 11, 2014, the out-of-date ActiveX control blocking feature will automatically be expanded to block outdated versions of Silverlight, in addition to outdated versions of Java. It is also being expanded to support Internet Explorer 9 on Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. For more information on this, please visit the IEBlog.

Watch our bulletin webcast tomorrow, Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 11 a.m. PDT.

For all the latest information, you can follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Thanks,
Tracey Pretorius, Director,
Response Communications

Advance Notification Service for the October 2014 Security Bulletin Release

October 9th, 2014 No comments

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical, five are rated as Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, .NET Framework, and ASP.NET.

As per our usual process, we’ve scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, October 14, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Revisit this blog then for analysis of the relative impact, as well as deployment guidance, together with a brief video overview of the month’s updates. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

As a reminder, we are now using a new format for our Security Bulletin Webcast, scheduled on Wednesday, October 15, at 11 a.m. PDT. You are no longer required to register, download the Live Meeting client, or dial in to a separate number. A link to the Webcast will be included in our blog next Tuesday.

You can follow us on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse

Thank you,

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

Advance Notification Service for the October 2014 Security Bulletin Release

October 9th, 2014 No comments

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical, five are rated as Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, .NET Framework, and ASP.NET.

As per our usual process, we’ve scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, October 14, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Revisit this blog then for analysis of the relative impact, as well as deployment guidance, together with a brief video overview of the month’s updates. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

As a reminder, we are now using a new format for our Security Bulletin Webcast, scheduled on Wednesday, October 15, at 11 a.m. PDT. You are no longer required to register, download the Live Meeting client, or dial in to a separate number. A link to the Webcast will be included in our blog next Tuesday.

You can follow us on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse

Thank you,

Tracey Pretorius, Director
Response Communications

The September 2014 Security Updates

September 9th, 2014 No comments

Today, as a part of our regular Update Tuesday process, we released four security bulletins – one rated Critical and three rated Important in severity – to address 42 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, and Lync Server. We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize, we recommend focusing on the Critical update first.

Below is a graphical overview of this release and a brief video summarizing the updates released today:

The top deployment priority for our customers this month is the update for Internet Explorer, which addresses 37 CVEs. In case you missed it, the August update for Internet Explorer also included new functionality to block out-of-date ActiveX controls. This functionality will be enabled with today’s update. You can see what these notifications will look like by reviewing this TechNet article. Administrative Templates are also available for those who wish to manage these settings through Group Policy.

In addition to this month’s security bulletins, we have revised three Security Advisories. Security Advisory 2871997 – Update to Improve Credentials Protection and Management was revised to announce an update for supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The update adds additional protection for users’ credentials when logging into a Windows 7 or Windows Sever 2008 R2 system by ensuring that credentials are cleaned up immediately instead of waiting until a Kerberos TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket) has been obtained. Security Advisory 2905247 – Insecure ASP.Net Site Configuration Could Allow Remote Code Execution was revised to offer the update via Microsoft Update, in addition to the Download-Center-only option, which was provided when this advisory was originally released. If you have already installed this update, you do not need to take any action. Finally, we also revised Security Advisory 2755801: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer.

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary Web page. If you are not familiar with how we calculate the Exploitability Index (XI), a full description is found here.

Jonathan Ness and I will host the monthly bulletin webcast, scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at 11 a.m. PDT.

For all the latest information, you can also follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Thanks, 
Dustin Childs
Group Manager, Response Communications
Microsoft Trustworthy Computing

The September 2014 Security Updates

September 9th, 2014 No comments

Today, as a part of our regular Update Tuesday process, we released four security bulletins – one rated Critical and three rated Important in severity – to address 42 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, and Lync Server. We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize, we recommend focusing on the Critical update first.

Below is a graphical overview of this release and a brief video summarizing the updates released today:

The top deployment priority for our customers this month is the update for Internet Explorer, which addresses 37 CVEs. In case you missed it, the August update for Internet Explorer also included new functionality to block out-of-date ActiveX controls. This functionality will be enabled with today’s update. You can see what these notifications will look like by reviewing this TechNet article. Administrative Templates are also available for those who wish to manage these settings through Group Policy.

In addition to this month’s security bulletins, we have revised three Security Advisories. Security Advisory 2871997 – Update to Improve Credentials Protection and Management was revised to announce an update for supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The update adds additional protection for users’ credentials when logging into a Windows 7 or Windows Sever 2008 R2 system by ensuring that credentials are cleaned up immediately instead of waiting until a Kerberos TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket) has been obtained. Security Advisory 2905247 – Insecure ASP.Net Site Configuration Could Allow Remote Code Execution was revised to offer the update via Microsoft Update, in addition to the Download-Center-only option, which was provided when this advisory was originally released. If you have already installed this update, you do not need to take any action. Finally, we also revised Security Advisory 2755801: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer.

For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploit Index broken down by each CVE, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary Web page. If you are not familiar with how we calculate the Exploitability Index (XI), a full description is found here.

Jonathan Ness and I will host the monthly bulletin webcast, scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at 11 a.m. PDT.

For all the latest information, you can also follow the MSRC team on Twitter at @MSFTSecResponse.

Thanks, 
Dustin Childs
Group Manager, Response Communications
Microsoft Trustworthy Computing