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Looks like Microsoft are going to do an "out-of-band" for the following patch on Monday:
This is an advance notification of one out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on August 2, 2010.
The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2010 can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-aug.mspx.
This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the August bulletin summary on August 2, 2010.
For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/advance.mspx.
To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security
Notifications on
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/notify.mspx.
Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the out-of-band bulletin on August 2, 2010,
at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register for the Security Bulletin Webcast at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx.
Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize
monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority
updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly
security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.
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
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Bulletin 1
- Affected Software:
- 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 Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- 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 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0