Windows Security Updates Occuring Monday 14th - Tuesday 15th

ITS will be deploying the follwing updates via the Novell Launcher from Monday April 14th - Tuesday April 15th:

Monday 4/14

Microsoft Critical Security Updates for (IE6 ( XP SP2 IE6 Cumulative Patch 4 08) and IE7 (XP SP2 IE7 Cumulative Patch 4 08)) (MS08-024 KB947864) will install tomorrow during login for ITS and Local Admins. This update takes approximately a minute.

Also, Microsoft Office 2003 security update will install. The install icon (Updts Office 2003 Apr08) displays on NAL in the My-Campus > Updates-Installs > Microsoft Folder if your machine meets the system requirements. The install takes approximately 15 minutes.

Tuesday 4/15

Critical
MS08-021 Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (948590)
MS08-022 Vulnerability in VBScript and JScript Scripting Engines Could Allow Remote Code Execution (944338) (Only for IE6)
MS08-023 Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bit (948881)

Important
MS08-020 Vulnerabilities in DNS Client Could Allow Spoofing (94553)
MS08-025 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (941693)

The install time is approximately 15 minutes. The machine should be restarted after the updates complete.