Microsoft Patch Tuesday - December 2009
Friday, 04 December 2009

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its December release cycle will contain 6 bulletins, 3 of which will have a severity rating of Critical. The notification states that these Critical bulletins are for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office suites. There will also be three important bulletins for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, December 8.

 

Summaries

 

Bulletin IDMaximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability ImpactRestart RequirementAffected Software

Bulletin 1

Critical
Remote Code Execution

Requires restart

Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 3

Critical
Remote Code Execution

May require restart

Microsoft Office

Bulletin 4

Critical
Remote Code Execution

Requires restart

Microsoft Windows
Internet Explorer

Bulletin 5

Important
Denial of Service

Requires restart

Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 6

Important
Remote Code Execution

Requires restart

Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 2

Important
Remote Code Execution

Requires restart

Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Office


Windows Operating System and Components

 

Microsoft Windows 2000     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Critical

Important

None

Important

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
(Important)

Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
(Critical)

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
(Important)

Not applicable

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
(Important)

Windows XP     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Moderate

Critical

Important

None

Important

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
(Moderate)

Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 8
(Critical)

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
(Important)

Not applicable

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
(Important)

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Moderate)

Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 8
(Critical)

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Not applicable

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Critical

Important

Important

Important

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Important)

Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)

Internet Explorer 8
(Moderate)

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)

Internet Explorer 8
(Moderate)

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems

Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
(Important)

Internet Explorer 6
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)

Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
(Important)

Not applicable

Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
(Important)

Windows Vista     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Critical

None

None

None

Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
(Moderate)

Windows Vista Service Pack 2
(Important)

Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 8
(Critical)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
(Moderate)

Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Internet Explorer 7
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 8
(Critical)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Critical

Moderate

None

Important

None

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems*
(Important)

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2*
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7*
(Moderate)

Internet Explorer 8*
(Moderate)

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2*
(Important)

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems*
(Important)

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2*
(Critical)

Internet Explorer 7*
(Moderate)

Internet Explorer 8*
(Moderate)

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2*
(Important)

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
(Moderate)

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Important)

Internet Explorer 7
(Moderate)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Windows 7     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

None

Critical

None

None

None

Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems

Not applicable

Internet Explorer 8
(Critical)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Windows 7 for x64-based Systems

Not applicable

Internet Explorer 8
(Critical)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008 R2     

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Bulletin 4

Bulletin 5

Bulletin 6

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

None

Moderate

None

None

None

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

Not applicable

Internet Explorer 8*
(Moderate)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2

Not applicable

Internet Explorer 8
(Moderate)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable


 

Microsoft Office Suites and Software

Microsoft Office Suites, Systems, and Components  

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 3

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

None

Important

Microsoft Office XP

Not applicable

Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3
(Important)

Microsoft Office 2003

Not applicable

Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3
(Important)

Other Microsoft Office Software  

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 3

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Critical

Important

Microsoft Project 2000

Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1
(Critical)

Not applicable

Microsoft Project 2002

Microsoft Project 2002 Service Pack 1
(Important)

Not applicable

Microsoft Office Project 2003

Microsoft Office Project 2003 Service Pack 3
(Important)

Not applicable

Microsoft Works 8.5

Not applicable

Microsoft Works 8.5
(Important)

Microsoft Office Converter Pack

Not applicable

Microsoft Office Converter Pack
(Important)

 

 




 
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