Office the focus of March Patch Tuesday

Stephen Withers
Friday, 07 March 2008 08:48

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Microsoft has revealed that all of this month's security bulletins will relate to its Office suite.

All of the four bulletins will carry a maximum severity rating of 'critical' as the vulnerabilities may allow remote code execution.

Affected versions include Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2002 SP2, Office 2003 SP2, Office 2004, Office 2007 and Office 2008.

Updates will also be released for Excel Viewer 2003, and the Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.

Also affected are the Office Web Components 2000, and related software which shipped with Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2003, BizTalk Server 2000 and 2003, Commerce Server 2000, and Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000.

Microsoft also plans to release an updated version of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool; two non-security, high-priority updates on Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services; and three non-security, high priority updates for Windows on Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services.