January '10 Patch Tuesday Detailed
Article by George Norman
On 13 Jan 2010
Compared to November and December 2009, the first Patch Tuesday of 2010 was a minor one. As Microsoft explained last week, there was just 1 security bulletin which referred to 1 security vulnerability. The vulnerability in question is rated critical for Windows 2000 and low for other Windows versions (including XP, Vista and Windows 7). And that’s pretty much all we knew about this topic until now.

Microsoft releases details about the updates it releases, after they are released. Makes sense, since you wouldn’t want the bad guys to know about a vulnerability before Microsoft has a chance to fix it. Now that the critical vulnerability mentioned above has been addressed, the Redmond-based software giant has released more details about this month’s Patch Tuesday. Here they are below:
  • MS10-001
  • Title: Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (972270)
  • Description: The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed content rendered in a specially crafted Embedded OpenType (EOT) font in client applications that can render EOT fonts, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Word. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
  • Affected software:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows XP Service Pack 3

Advertising

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) has provided these visual representations of the January 2010 Patch Tuesday update.








Tags: Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, Update
About the author: George Norman
George is a leading software reviewer at FindMySoft, he is pasionate about technology and he likes to write about IT news
You can follow him on Google+, Facebook or Twitter
I Hope you LIKE this blog post! Thank you!
What do YOU have to say about this
blog comments powered by Disqus
Popular News
By George Norman on 09 Feb 2012
Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is giving all US residents the chance to win a Pink Sony VAIO Y laptop (ARV $6,000) as part of a Valentine’s Day Sweepstakes
By George Norman on 09 Feb 2012
The latest stable version of Google Chrome web browser is v. 17.0 which was rolled out to the public on Wednesday, the 8th of February, one day after the release of Chrome for Android Beta 1
Related News
By George Norman on 06 Jan 2012
On the 10th of January 2012, Microsoft will release seven security bulletins as part of its Patch Tuesday program. The aforementioned bulletins are meant to address a total of 8 vulnerabilities that plague the Microsoft Windows operating system and
By George Norman on 11 Oct 2011
Today, October 11th, is the second Tuesday of the month, which means that Microsoft will roll out patches for its products as part of the Patch Tuesday program
By George Norman on 13 Dec 2011
Tuesday, the 13th of December, is December 2011 Patch Tuesday, the last Patch Tuesday of the year. This December Microsoft will release a total of 14 security bulletins to its customers.
By George Norman on 14 Sep 2011
Below you can check out the information Redmond-based software giant Microsoft released about the 5 security bulletins it rolled out this September as part of its Patch Tuesday program. The
Advertising
Hot Software Updates
Top Downloads
Become A Fan!
Link To Us!
January '10 Patch Tuesday Detailed
HTML Linking Code