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Microsoft Office Security Bulletin Summary for November 2003
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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:33:37 -0800
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Microsoft Office Security Bulletin Summary for November 2003 Issued: November 11, 2003 Version Number: 1.0 Bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/offnov03.asp - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: ======== Included in this advisory is an update describing newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word and Excel). These vulnerabilities, broken down by severity are: ** Important Security Bulletins MS03-050 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel Could Allow Arbitrary Code to run (831527) - Affected Software: - Microsoft Excel 97 - Microsoft Excel 2000 - Microsoft Excel 2002 - Microsoft Word 97 - Microsoft Word 98(J) - Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Works Suite 2001 - Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Works Suite 2002, Microsoft Works Suite 2003 and Microsoft Works Suite 2004 - Impact: Remote Code Execution - Version Number: 1.0 Patch Availability: =================== Patches are available to fix these vulnerabilities. For additional information, including Technical Details, Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Patch Deployment Information please read the Microsoft Office Security Bulletin Summary for November 2003 at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/offnov03.asp Acknowledgments: ================ Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect customers: - - Kazuyuki Housaka for reporting the Excel issue described in MS03-050. Support: ======== Technical support is available from Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY (1-866-727-2338). There is no charge for support calls associated with security patches. International customers can get support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support associated with security updates. Information on how to contact Microsoft support is available at http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx. 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