Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2007

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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2007
Issued: May 8, 2007
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin Summary: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89795
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Summary:
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This Bulletin Summary contains information about all security
updates released this month. Their security bulletins, in order
of severity, are as follows:


Critical Security Bulletins
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MS07-023 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could
Allow Remote Code Execution (934233)

- Affected Software:
- Excel 2000 Service Pack 3
- Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
- Excel 2003 Service Pack 2
- Excel 2003 Viewer
- Office Excel 2007
- Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


MS07-024 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (934232)

- Affected Software:
- Word 2000 Service Pack 3
- Word 2002 Service Pack 3
- Word 2003 Service Pack 2
- Word Viewer 2003
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Works Suite 2004
- Microsoft Works Suite 2005
- Microsoft Works Suite 2006

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


MS07-025 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (934873)
- Affected Software:
- Office 2000 Service Pack 3
- Office XP Service Pack 3
- Office 2003 Service Pack 2
- 2007 Microsoft Office System
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


MS07-026 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (931832)
- Affected Software:
- Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 with the Exchange 2000
Post-Service Pack 3 Update Rollup
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


MS07-027 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768)
- Affected Software:
- Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Windows 2000 Service
Pack 4
- Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows
2000 Service Pack 4
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for
Itanium-based
Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based
Systems
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service
Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Service Pack 2
- Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 Service
Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for
Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for
Itanium-based Systems
- Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service
Pack 2
- Windows Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista
- Windows Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista x64 Edition

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


MS07-028 - Vulnerability in CAPICOM Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (931906)
- Affected Software:
- CAPICOM
- Platform SDK Redistributable: CAPICOM
- BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1
- BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 2

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


MS07-029 - Vulnerability in RPC on Windows DNS Server Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (935966)
- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


Update Availability:
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Updates are available to address these issues.
For additional information, including Technical Details,
Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions,
and Update Deployment Information please read
the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for this
month at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89795

Support:
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Technical support is available from Microsoft Product Support
Services at 1-866-PC SAFETY (1-866-727-2338). There is no
charge for support calls associated with security updates.
International customers can get support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. Phone numbers for international support can be found
at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

Microsoft Support Lifecycle for Business and Developer Software
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The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy provides consistent and
predictable guidelines for product support availability at the
time that the product is released. Under this policy, Microsoft
will offer a minimum of ten years of support. This includes five
years of Mainstream Support and five years of Extended Support for
Business and Developer products. Microsoft will continue to provide
security update support, at a supported Service Pack level, for a
minimum of ten years through the Extended support phase. For more
information about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle, visit
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ or contact your Technical
Account Manager.

Additional Resources:
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You can sign up for the newsletter at:

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* Join Microsoft's webcast for a live discussion of the technical
details of these security bulletins and steps you can take
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The on-demand version of the webcast will be available 24 hours
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* Protect your PC: Microsoft has provided information on how you
can help protect your PC at the following locations:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

If you receive an e-mail that claims to be distributing a
Microsoft security update, it is a hoax that may be distributing a
virus. Microsoft does not distribute security updates through
e-mail. You can learn more about Microsoft's software distribution
policies here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/info/swdist.mspx


Acknowledgments:
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Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect
customers:


- - Manuel Santamarina Suarez, working with TippingPoint
(http://www.tippingpoint.com/) and Zero Day Initiative
(http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/), for reporting an issue
described in MS07-023.

- - Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs (http://labs.idefense.com/) for
reporting an issue described in MS07-023.

- - Craig Schmugar of McAfee Avert Labs (http://www.avertlabs.com/)
for working with us on an issue described in MS07-024.

- - Andreas Marx of AV-Test (http://www.av-test.org/) for working with
us on an issue described in MS07-024.

- - Jun Mao, working with iDefense Labs (http://labs.idefense.com/),
for reporting an issue described in MS07-024.

- - Martijn Brinkers of Izecom (http://www.izecom.com/) for reporting
an issue described in MS07-026.

- - Alexander Sotirov of Determina Security Research
(http://www.determina.com/security.research) for reporting an
issue described in MS07-026.

- - Joxean Koret, working with the iDefense (http://labs.idefense.com/)
Vulnerability Contributor Program, for reporting an issue
described in MS07-026.

- - TippingPoint (http://www.tippingpoint.com/) and Zero Day
Initiative (http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/) for reporting an
issue described in MS07-027.

- - JJ Reyes of Secunia Research (http://secunia.com/) for reporting
an issue described in MS07-027.

- - cocoruder of Fortinet Security Research (http://www.fortinet.com/)
for reporting an issue described in MS07-027.

- - Chris Ries of VigilantMinds Inc. (http://www.vigilantminds.com/)
for reporting the issue described in MS07-028.

- - Mark Hofman of SANS ISC Handlers (http://isc.sans.org/) for
working with us on the issue described in MS07-029.

- - Bill O'Malley with the Information Security Office at Carnegie
Mellon University (http://www.cmu.edu/iso/) for working with us
on the issue described in MS07-029.

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