This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for November 2010, sees the release of 3 bulletins addressing 11 vulnerabilities.
No bulletins directly affect Windows; only 1 bulletin is considered Critical severity rating.
| Bulletin ID | Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact | Restart Requirement | Affected Software |
| Bulletin 1 | Critical Remote Code Execution |
May require restart | Microsoft Office |
| Bulletin 2 | Important Remote Code Execution |
May require restart | Microsoft Office |
| Bulletin 3 | Important Elevation of Privilege |
May require restart | Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway |
It should be noted that whilst these bulletins do not directly affect Windows, if you have Office components installed on your Operating System, you may be affected.
In addition, November has also already seen announcement of a Security Advisory for Internet Explorer which should certainly concern those using the product or developing sites to be viewed by it.
We will issue further information on the impact of this months updates once they have been released for testing early next week.
The ‘Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2010’ page here should be referenced for detailed information on how these updates are to affect your servers or solutions when released on 9th November (as usual, as a UKFast customer, you benefit from these updates being applied automatically
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