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                    National Cyber Alert System

              Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-068A

Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

   Original release date:

   Last revised: --

   Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

     * Microsoft Windows

     * Microsoft Office

Overview

   Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in

   Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

I. Description

   Microsoft has released security bulletins for multiple

   vulnerabilities in Microsoft Movie Maker, Microsoft Office Producer

   2003, and Microsoft Office Excel. These bulletins are described in

   the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010. Microsoft

   notes that affected versions of Microsoft Movie Maker were either

   included with Microsoft Windows or available as an optional

   download.

II. Impact

   A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code or

   cause a vulnerable application to crash.

III. Solution

   Apply updates from Microsoft

   Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the

   Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010. The security

   bulletin describes any known issues related to the updates.

   Administrators are encouraged to note these issues and test for any

   potentially adverse effects. Administrators should consider using

   an automated update distribution system such as Windows Server

   Update Services (WSUS).

   Microsoft notes that there is no security update available for

   Microsoft Producer 2003 at this time of this writing. Users can

   mitigate the impact to systems with Microsoft Producer 2003 by

   applying the automated solution to remove the Microsoft Producer

   file associations using the Fix it found in Microsoft Knowledge

   Base Article 975561, and by applying the workarounds in Microsoft

   Security Bulletin MS10-016.

IV. References

 * Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010 -

   <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-mar.mspx>

 * Microsoft Windows Server Update Services -

   <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx>

 * Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 975561 -

   <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975561>

 * Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-016 -

   <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-016.mspx>

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Revision History

  March 09, 2010: Initial release