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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1072
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2012
9 November 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Publisher: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS X
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-nov
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2012
Issued: November 8, 2012
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This is an advance notification of security bulletins that
Microsoft is intending to release on November 13, 2012.
The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance
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http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms12-nov.
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that replaces this advance notification will have the proper
Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the
bulletin identifier. The security bulletins for this month are as
follows, in order of severity:
Critical Security Bulletins
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Bulletin 1
- Affected Software:
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2:
- Internet Explorer 9
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Internet Explorer 9
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2:
- Internet Explorer 9
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2:
- Internet Explorer 9
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1:
- Internet Explorer 9
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
- Internet Explorer 9
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
- Internet Explorer 9
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation
not affected)
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin 2
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 8 for 64-bit Systems
- Windows Server 2012
(Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation not affected)
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin 4
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service
Pack 1
- Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 8 for 64-bit Systems
- Windows Server 2012
(Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows RT
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin 5
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service
Pack 1
- Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 8 for 64-bit Systems
- Windows Server 2012
(Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows RT
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Important Security Bulletins
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Bulletin 6
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Moderate Security Bulletins
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Bulletin 3
- Affected Software:
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service
Pack 1
- Impact: Information Disclosure
- Version Number: 1.0
Other Information
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