Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2010
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Version: 6.1
This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for September 2010.
With the release of the bulletins for September 2010, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued September 9, 2010. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.
For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.
Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on September 15, 2010, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the September Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.
For the out-of-band security bulletin added to Version 3.0 of this bulletin summary, MS10-070, Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on the bulletin on September 28, 2010, at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the September 28, 1:00 PM Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.
Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.
Bulletin Information
Executive Summaries
Exploitability Index
Affected Software and Download Locations
Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance
Other Information
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Microsoft has released an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.
Non-Security, High-Priority Updates on MU, WU, and WSUS
For information about non-security releases on Windows Update and Microsoft Update, please see:
- Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894199: Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content. Includes all Windows content.
- Updates from Past Months for Windows Server Update Services. Displays all new, revised, and rereleased updates for Microsoft products other than Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)
To improve security protections for customers, Microsoft provides vulnerability information to major security software providers in advance of each monthly security update release. Security software providers can then use this vulnerability information to provide updated protections to customers via their security software or devices, such as antivirus, network-based intrusion detection systems, or host-based intrusion prevention systems. To determine whether active protections are available from security software providers, please visit the active protections Web sites provided by program partners, listed in Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) Partners.
Security Strategies and Community
Update Management Strategies
Security Guidance for Update Management provides additional information about Microsoft’s best-practice recommendations for applying security updates.
Obtaining Other Security Updates
Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:
- Security updates are available from Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
- Updates for consumer platforms are available from Microsoft Update.
- You can obtain the security updates offered this month on Windows Update, from Download Center on Security and Critical Releases ISO CD Image files. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 913086.
IT Pro Security Community
Learn to improve security and optimize your IT infrastructure, and participate with other IT Pros on security topics in IT Pro Security Community.
Acknowledgments
Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:
- Sergey Golovanov, Alexander Gostev, Maxim Golovkin, and Alexey Monastyrsky of Kaspersky Lab, and Vitaly Kiktenko and Alexander Saprykin of Design and Test Lab for reporting an issue described in MS10-061
- Liam O Morchu of Symantec for reporting an issue described in MS10-061
- Matthew Watchinski of Sourcefire VRT for reporting an issue described in MS10-062
- Carsten Book of Mozilla Corporation for reporting an issue described in MS10-063
- Marc Schoenefeld of the Red Hat Security Response Team for reporting an issue described in MS10-063
- Carsten H. Eiram of Secunia for reporting information that led to an Exploitability Index change for CVE-2010-2738 in MS10-063
- Dyon Balding of Secunia for reporting an issue described in MS10-064
- Jinsik Shim for reporting an issue described in MS10-065
- Travis Raybold of Rubicon West for reporting an issue described in MS10-065
- Yamata Li of Palo Alto Networks for reporting an issue described in MS10-066
- S0lute of iDefense Labs for reporting an issue described in MS10-067
- IBM Japan for reporting an issue described in MS10-069
Support
- The affected software listed have been tested to determine which versions are affected. Other versions are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software version, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
- Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Security Support or 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates. For more information about available support options, see Microsoft Help and Support.
- International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit International Help and Support.
Disclaimer
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Revisions
- V1.0 (September 14, 2010): Bulletin Summary published.
- V2.0 (September 22, 2010): Raised the Exploitability Index assessment rating for CVE-2010-2738, lowered the Exploitability Index assessment rating for CVE-2010-2730, and revised the Exploitability Index key note for CVE-2010-0818.
- V3.0 (September 28, 2010): Added Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-070, Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information Disclosure (2418042). Also added the bulletin webcast link for this out-of-band security bulletin.
- V4.0 (September 30, 2010): Revised this Bulletin Summary to announce that the updates for MS10-070 are now available through all distribution channels, including Windows Update and Microsoft Update. Also revised the details of updates KB2418240, KB2418241, KB2416470, and KB2416474 for MS10-070.
- V4.1 (November 3, 2010): For MS10-070, added a note to the Affected Software table to clarify that the .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile is not affected.
- V5.0 (December 14, 2010): Revised this Bulletin Summary to announce that for MS10-070, new update packages are available for .NET Framework 4.0 (KB2416472) to correct an issue in the setup that could interfere with the successful installation of other updates and/or products. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.
- V6.0 (February 22, 2011): For MS10-070, a detection change now offers the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (KB2416472) update packages to customers who install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 after installing Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.
- V6.1 (October 26, 2011): For MS10-070, corrected Server Core installation applicability for .NET Framework 4 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems.
