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Patch Tuesday for December 2008

Andrew Lyle   on 05 December 2008 - 18:31 · 7 comments & 4627 views

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Microsoft will release another 8 patches this coming Tuesday December 9 to block Remote Code Execution in a number of its own software, including Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and Visual Basic. 6 are labeled as critical, and 2 labeled at important.

Microsoft will also release an update of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. This is to be the last release of patches for the 2008 year. This brings the total number of bulletins to 69 for the year end.

Vulnerabilities have been identified in the following software:
  • Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3
  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and 2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office 2007


Patches will require a restart
Link: Microsoft Security Bulletin

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#1 Krome on 06 Dec 2008 - 00:04
Does this means XP still get patch support? I thought the life cycle ended already.

[EDIT] Nevermind...
#2 ShOvet on 06 Dec 2008 - 01:49
69 bulletins
(1 reply) #3 Tikitiki on 06 Dec 2008 - 03:42
Someone forgot an end tag [/list] :X

...And actually having only 69 bulletins in a year is pretty damn good for a program that has millions of lines of code.
#3.1 lylesback2 on 06 Dec 2008 - 07:51
Tikitiki said,
Someone forgot an end tag [/list] :X

...And actually having only 69 bulletins in a year is pretty damn good for a program that has millions of lines of code.

A problem with the code. I submitted a bug to have it checked / fixed. Thanks for noticing.
#4 EerieQ on 06 Dec 2008 - 04:41


Last edited by EerieQ on 06 Dec 2008 - 04:49
#5 ajua on 06 Dec 2008 - 14:28
Patch tuesdays: a date in the calendar i always mark.
#6 jameseuk on 07 Dec 2008 - 18:18
More updates,yay,I've only installed the following recently(most recent 1st):

5th Dec:
Vista sp2
Vista sp2 stack update
Update for vista
Security update for vista
Windows malicious software removal tool(Nov)
Security update for vista
Update for vista
Update for vista sp2 beta
Update for vista
Update for windows mail junk email filter (Nov)
Security update for microsoft xml core service 4.0 sp2
Security update for vista

4th Dec:
Uninstall tool for vista sp2

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