Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS

[MS Security Bulletin] Advance Notification for November 2009 Issued: November 5, 2009

Looks like 3 Critical and 3 Important Patches this month:

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on November 10, 2009.

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This advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier. The security bulletins for this month are as follows, in order of severity:

Critical Security Bulletins
Bulletin 1
  - Affected Software:
    - Windows Vista,
      Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and
      Windows Vista Service Pack 2
    - Windows Vista x64 Edition,
      Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and
      Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
    - Impact: Remote Code Execution
    - Version Number: 1.0

Bulletin 2
  - Affected Software:
    - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
    - Impact: Remote Code Execution
    - Version Number: 1.0

Bulletin 3
  - Affected Software:
    - Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
    - Windows XP Service Pack 2 and
      Windows XP Service Pack 3
    - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
    - Windows Vista,
      Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and
      Windows Vista Service Pack 2
    - Windows Vista x64 Edition,
      Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and
      Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
    - Impact: Remote Code Execution
    - Version Number: 1.0

Important Security Bulletins
Bulletin 4
  - Affected Software:
    - Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
    - Windows XP Service Pack 2 and
      Windows XP Service Pack 3
    - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
    - Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
    - Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
    - Impact: Denial of Service
    - Version Number: 1.0

Bulletin 5
  - Affected Software:
    - Microsoft Office Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 1 and
      Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 2
    - Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
    - Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
    - Open XML File Format converter for Mac
    - Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 1 and
      Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 2
    - Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and
      PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1 and
      Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and
      PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
    - Impact: Remote Code Execution
    - Version Number: 1.0

Bulletin 6
  - Affected Software:
    - Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
    - Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
    - Open XML File Format converter for Mac
    - Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office Word Viewer
    - Impact: Remote Code Execution
    - Version Number: 1.0