Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for January 2012 Patch Tuesday


Microsoft released their advance notification for January 2012 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 7 bulletins on January 10, 2012 addressing 8 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating
  • 1 bulletin is rated Critical
  • 6 bulletins are rated Important
Vulnerability Impact
  • 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution
  • 1 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege
  • 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Information Disclosure
  • 1 vulnerabilities can lead to Security Feature Bypass
Affected Products:
  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Microsoft Developer Tools and Software
Once the bulletins are released, the Patch Assessment team at Desktop Central will test all the patches pertaining to these bulletins and update their central patch database at the earliest.