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Below are the details for this months Security Bulletin Release.
What is the purpose of this alert?
This alert is to provide you with an overview of the new security bulletins that were released on 08 April 2008. Security bulletins are released monthly to resolve critical problem vulnerabilities.
New Security Bulletins:
Microsoft is releasing the following eight new security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities. Below is a brief overview. Click on the Bulletin ID for a more detailed technical description..
| Bulletin ID | KB Article | Severity Rating | Product | Affected Software |
| MS08-018 | 950183 | Critical | Project | Project 2000, Project 2002, Project 2003 |
| MS08-019 | 949032 | Important | Visio | Visio 2002, Visio 2003, Visio 2007 |
| MS08-020 | 945553 | Important | DNS Client | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista |
| MS08-021 | 948590 | Critical | GDI | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
| MS08-022 | 944338 | Critical | VBScript and JScript | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 |
| MS08-023 | 948881 | Critical | ActiveX Killbits | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
| MS08-024 | 947864 | Critical | Internet Explorer | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
| MS08-025 | 941693 | Important | Kernel | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Summaries for these new bulletins may be found at the following pages:
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-Apr.mspx
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Information on the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool can be found here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=40573
High-Priority Non-Security Updates
High priority non-security updates Microsoft releases to be available on Microsoft Update (MU), Windows Update (WU) or Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be detailed in the following KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/?id=894199
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