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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2010.1011 Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2010 8 November 2010 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3 Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer Service Pack 2 Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 1 Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 2 Publisher: Microsoft Operating System: Windows Mac OS X Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Unknown/Unspecified Increased Privileges -- Unknown/Unspecified Resolution: Patch/Upgrade Original Bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-nov.mspx - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ******************************************************************** Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2010 Issued: November 4, 2010 ******************************************************************** This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on November 9, 2010. 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The security bulletins for this month are as follows, in order of severity: Critical Security Bulletins =========================== Bulletin 1 - Affected Software: - Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 - Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit editions) - Microsoft Office 2010 (64-bit editions) - Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 - Impact: Remote Code Execution - Version Number: 1.0 Important Security Bulletins ============================ Bulletin 2 - Affected Software: - Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3 - Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer Service Pack 2 - Impact: Remote Code Execution - Version Number: 1.0 Bulletin 3 - Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 - Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 1 - Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 2 - Impact: Elevation of Privilege - Version Number: 1.0 Other Information ================= Follow us on Twitter for the latest information and updates: http://twitter.com/msftsecresponse Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool: ================================================== Microsoft will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center. 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