Three critical updates for Microsoft systems in May 2008
15 May 2008
In its security bulletin summary for May 2008 Microsoft has published three updates for new critical vulnerabilities in its operating systems / applications, as well as one moderate.
Critical is Microsoft’s highest vulnerability rating.
A summary describing briefly the vulnerabilities is available from Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Summary for May 2008.
From this page you will also find links to more detailed information in Microsoft's Security Bulletins MS08-026 - MS08-029.
The critical updates address the following issues:
- Several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word
- One privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher
- One vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database Engine
Updates that fixes the vulnerabilities are available from Windows automatic update mechanism for systems that support this. Alternatively, one may download updates from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
Norman advices all affected users to download the security updates as soon as possible, to be protected from potential exploits.
