Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Microsoft Security Updates For April 2010

Microsoft has released its monthly security updates. This month packet consists of 11 updates of which five are critical, five important and one moderate.

Critical:
MS10-019 - Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981210)
MS10-020 - Vulnerabilities in SMB Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980232)
MS10-025 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980858)
MS10-026 - Vulnerability in Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Codecs Could Allow Remote Code Execution (977816)
MS10-027 - Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979402)

Important:
MS10-021 - Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (979683)
MS10-022 - Vulnerability in VBScript Scripting Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981169)
MS10-023 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981160)
MS10-024 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Windows SMTP Service Could Allow Denial of Service (981832)
MS10-028 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980094)

Moderate:
MS10-029 - Vulnerability in Windows ISATAP Component Could Allow Spoofing (978338)

Microsoft released a new version of its Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) too.


More information about the updates can be read from the bulletin summary.

For consumer the easist way to get the update is to use Microsoft Update service.

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