Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com

[MS Security Bulletins] Advance Notification for January 2010 - Issued: January 7, 2010

Only 1 Critical Bulletin this month you’ll be pleased to know.

“This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on January 12, 2010. The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2010 can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspx.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the January bulletin summary on January 12, 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 these bulletins on January 13, 2010, at 11:00 AM 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
Bulletin 1
  - Affected Software:
    - Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
    - Windows XP Service Pack 2 and
      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,
      Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and
      Windows Vista Service Pack 2
    - Windows Vista x64 Edition,
      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 not affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
      Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
    - 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 not affected)
    - Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
    - Impact: Remote Code Execution
    - Version Number: 1.0”

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