May 2008 Microsoft Security Patches

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icon-warning Microsoft announced that they will post four security updates on May 13, 2008. Three of them are critical and the fourth is moderate.

The three critical updates patch remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher. The forth moderate update patches a denial of service vulnerability in Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Antigen, Microsoft Windows Defender and Microsoft ForeFront Security.

The Microsoft Word patch also applies to Microsoft Office for Mac, Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

For more information read the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2008.

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