Brand New Microsoft Security Bulletin

One more for the show, ladies and gents! It seems that Microsoft will issue only one Security Bulletin next Tuesday, but this will be followed by a webcast trying to address customer questions on the bulletin the following day (January 13 at 11:00 AM PST). I say "trying" because I am sure you can't make everyone happy, especially when you're the almighty Microsoft talking about a security issue rated as "Critical" to your customers...

This vulnerability got its "Critical" label because allows a remote code execution impact, so a hacker could potentially gain control of an infected machine as a result. The patch will require a restart, as usual, and the list of affected operating configurations includes Windows 2000, Windows XP (x86 and x64), Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64), Windows Vista (x86 and x64), and Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64).

The good part is that Office, Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player won't get any update this time, so no new problems have been discovered... or the old ones are still being fixed, it doesn't really matter. After all, if you want ultimate security, nothing stops you from switching, don't you think?

According to the above, the new Microsoft security bulletin will only include the "Bulletin 1: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows" item, although some minor patches are expected to drop by, as you can see on the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2009 page.