Microsoft released an advance notification for their May 2010 patch tuesday. Microsoft will release 2 bulletins on May 11th addressing 2 vulnerabilities. Both of these bulletins are rated critical. While one affects windows, the other affects Microsoft Office.
The affected OS and applications include:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2 & 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 Service Pack 1 & 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 & 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
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
- 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 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
- 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1 and 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications SDK
The final updates for Windows 2000 & Windows XP Service Pack 2 will be released by July13th 2010. Subsequently, users should either upgrade their OS to the latest OS/service packs or live with it.
