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Microsoft is starting off 2012 with 7 bulletins addressing 8 vulnerabilities.
Bulletin breakdown:
These updates will be applied to all Microsoft Operating Systems, Microsoft Developer tools and software.
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 |
Important |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 3 |
Important |
May require restart |
Microsoft Windows |
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 4 |
Important |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
| Information Disclosure | |||
| Bulletin 5 |
Important |
May Require restart |
Microsoft Windows |
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 6 |
Important |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 7 |
Important |
May require restart |
Microsoft Developer Tools and Software |
| Information Disclosure |
We will issue further information on the impact of this month’s updates once they have been released for testing from the 10th of January 2012