January 2012 Security Bulletin Release Advance Notification
by Micro-ClouseauAdvanced notification blog
Microsoft is starting off 2012 with 7 bulletins addressing 8 vulnerabilities.
Bulletin breakdown:
- 1 bulletin is rated as critical
- 6 bulletins are rated as important
- 1 vulnerability could lead to a security feature bypass
- 2 vulnerabilities could lead to information disclosure
- 1 vulnerability could lead to elevation of privileges
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 |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 2 |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 3 |
May require restart |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 4 |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Information Disclosure | |||
| Bulletin 5 |
May Require restart |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 6 |
Requires restart |
Microsoft Windows |
|
| Remote Code Execution | |||
| Bulletin 7 |
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
