Wednesday 17 September 2008

Microsofft Security Update - September 17th

Our automated scanning of Microsoft's security and Window Update database picked up a number of revisions to several patches that were released as part of this Month's Patch Tuesday including;

MS08-053: Vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 Could Allow Remote Code Execution 
This Windows security update changed a single file  (Wmex.dll) which was not updated in this minor revision. Apparently, from the Microsoft documentation, only the patch description and Norwegian language pack information was update. This updated information can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-054.mspx

"And, the critical excerpt from this updated documentation includes; "Reason for Revision: V2.0 (September 15, 2008): Added entry to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update section to communicate the re release of the Norwegian language update for Windows Media Player 11 on all supported 32-bit editions of Windows XP. "

MS08-054: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution
The following file is updated in this security update; Wmpeffects.dll and this payload information did not change with this revision.  Like the revision update for MS08-053, this update relates to the patch description information and non-compatible application information for Norwegian language packs. The updated information is can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-054.mspx

And the updated text in this update is quoted here;  

"Added entry to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ Related to This Security Update section to communicate the re-release of the Norwegian language update for Windows Media Player 11 on all supported 32-bit editions of Windows XP."


Note: That the criticality rating has not changed for both of the patches and remains at a CRITICAL  rating.


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