Advanced Notification of Microsoft Patch Tuesday – December 2009

Microsoft has announced their Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification for December 2009. Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on December 9, 2009, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). The notification states that Microsoft will issue 6 Security Bulletins on December 8, 2009. Three bulletins are rated as “Critical” and the other three are rated as “Important”. Five software vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution and one software vulnerability can lead to Denial of Service

The affected Microsoft software include,

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, 
• Windows XP Service Pack 2
• 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 Vista
• Windows Vista Service Pack 1, 
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2, 
• Windows Vista x64 Edition
• Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, 
• Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2, 
• Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems,
• Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, 
• Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
• Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4
• Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
• Internet Explorer 6
• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 8
• Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, 2003

Almost all the patches will require a reboot.