Microsoft Patch Tuesday - March 2010
Friday, 05 March 2010

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its March release cycle will contain 2 bulletins.

The 2 bulletins will have a severity rating of Important and will be for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

 

Summaries

 

Note You may have to install several security updates for a single vulnerability. Review the whole column for each bulletin identifier that is listed to verify the updates that you have to install, based on the programs or components that you have installed on your system.

 

For details on affected software, see the next section, Affected Software.
Bulletin IDMaximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability ImpactRestart RequirementAffected Software

Bulletin 1

Important
Remote Code Execution

May require restart

Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 2

Important
Remote Code Execution

May require restart

Microsoft Office

Windows Operating System and Components 

 

Windows XP 

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3

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
(Important)

Windows Vista 

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

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

Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2
(Important)

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

Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
(Important)

Windows 7 

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 1

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
(Important)

Windows 7 for x64-based Systems

Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
(Important)

 

Microsoft Office Suites and Software

 

Microsoft Office Suites, Systems, and Components 

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Microsoft Office XP

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
(Important)

Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
(Important)

2007 Microsoft Office System

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 2
(Important)

Microsoft Office for Mac 

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
(Important)

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
(Important)

Open XML File Format Converter for Mac

Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
(Important)

Other Office Software 

Bulletin Identifier

Bulletin 2

Aggregate Severity Rating

Important

Microsoft Office Excel Viewer

Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 2
(Important)

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
(Important)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (32-bit editions)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
(Important)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (64-bit editions)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
(Important)

 
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