Microsoft Security Bulletin: April 2008

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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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