Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: March 11, 2008
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Office for Mac

Overview

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Office for Mac could allow an attacker to gain control of your computer.

Solution

Install updates

Microsoft has released updates to remedy critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Office for Mac.

Updates for Microsoft Windows are available on the Microsoft Update site. We also recommend enabling Automatic Updates.

Description

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows may allow an attacker to access your computer, install and run malicious software on your computer, or cause your computer to crash.

More technical information is available in US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-071A.

References

• US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-071A - <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html>
• Microsoft Security Bulletin for March 2008 - <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-mar.mspx>
• US-CERT Vulnerability Notes for Microsoft March 2008 updates - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byid?searchview&query=ms08-mar>
• Microsoft Security at Home - <http://www.microsoft.com/protect/>
• Microsoft Update - <https://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/>
• Microsoft Automatic Updates - <http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/msupdate_keep_current.mspx#EZB>

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Revision History

March 11, 2008: Initial release