Microsoft’s monthly patches and updates will arrive next Tuesday for several of its software offerings according to the
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification just released yesterday.
The various bulletins are purposely vague until the updates are available to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the vulnerabilities they are intended to address.
Typically they are available at approximately 10 AM/PT/1PM ET on Patch Tuesday and the best way to grab the updates only for your specific configuration and installation is to through Windows Update.
Here is a summary of the seven bulletins, their severity, a general description of what they are addressing and the software impacted:
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Bulletin 1 Critical
Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
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Bulletin 2 Critical
Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Lync
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Bulletin 3 Important
Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Office
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Bulletin 4 Important
Information Disclosure
Microsoft Windows
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Bulletin 5 Important
Information Disclosure
Microsoft Lync Server
■ Bulletin 6
Important
Denial of Service
Microsoft Windows
■ Bulletin 7
Important
Tampering
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft has also scheduled a webcast to talk about these updates on June 11, 2014, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). You can sign up for the
June Security Bulletin Webcast and hear the experts discuss the updates the day after they are released.
Source:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2014
