This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for December 2011, sees the release of 14 bulletins addressing 20 vulnerabilities.
Bulletin Breakdown:
The following table summarises the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.
Bulletin ID | Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact | Restart Requirement | Affected Software |
Bulletin 1 | Critical | Requires restart | Microsoft Windows |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 2 | Critical | May require restart | Microsoft Windows |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 3 | Critical | May require restart | Microsoft Windows |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 4 | Important | Requires restart | Microsoft Windows |
Information Disclosure | |||
Bulletin 5 | Important | May Require restart | Microsoft Office |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 6 | Important | May require restart | Microsoft Office |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 7 | Important | May require restart | Microsoft Windows |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 8 | Important | May require restart | Microsoft Office |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 9 | Important | Requires restart | Microsoft Windows |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 10 | Important | May require restart | Microsoft Office |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 11 | Important | Requires restart | Microsoft Windows |
Elevation of Privilege | |||
Bulletin 12 | Important | Requires restart | Microsoft Windows |
Elevation of Privilege | |||
Bulletin 13 | Important | Requires restart | Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer |
Remote Code Execution | |||
Bulletin 14 | Important | May require restart | Microsoft Office |
Elevation of Privilege |
We will issue further information on the impact of this month’s updates once they have been released for testing from the 13th of December.
MC.