Microsoft has released updates that address vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products, including Windows and Office.
Install updates
The updates to address these vulnerabilities are available on the Microsoft Update site. We recommend enabling Automatic Updates.
In the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2008, Microsoft released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft XML Core Services. The most severe of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on your computer.
More technical information is available in US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-316A.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-316A - <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html>
- Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2008 - <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-nov.mspx>
- Microsoft Update - <https://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/>
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Revision History
November 11, 2008: Initial release