Microsoft Security Bulletin Releases Issued: October 13, 2015

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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Releases
Issued: October 13, 2015
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Summary
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The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.
* MS15-046 - Important
* MS15-081 - Critical
* MS15-099 - Critical
* MS15-MAY
* MS15-AUG
* MS15-SEP
Bulletin Information:
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MS15-046 - Important
- Title: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (3057181)
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-046
- Reason for Revision: V4.0 (October 13, 2015): Revised bulletin
to announce the availability of a new update (3085544) for
Microsoft Office 2007 that addresses issues with the
previously-released update (2965282). Customers running Microsoft
Office 2007 are encouraged to install update 3085544 at the
earliest opportunity to be fully protected from the vulnerability
discussed in this bulletin. Customers running other Microsoft
Office software do not need to take any action. See Microsoft
Knowledge Base Article 3085544 for more information and download
links.
- Originally posted: May 15, 2015
- Updated: October 13, 2015
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Important
- Version: 4.0
MS15-081 - Critical
- Title: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (3080790)
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-081
- Reason for Revision: V3.0 (October 13, 2015): Revised bulletin to
announce the availability of update packages for Microsoft Office
2016, Microsoft Visio 2016, and Microsoft Word 2016. Customers
running Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Visio 2016, or Microsoft
Word 2016 should apply the applicable updates to be protected from
the vulnerabilities discussed in this bulletin. The majority of
customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to
take any action because the updates will be downloaded and
installed automatically.
- Originally posted: August 11, 2015
- Updated: October 13, 2015
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 3.0
MS15-099 - Critical
- Title: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (3089664)
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-099
- Reason for Revision: V4.0 (October 13, 2015): Revised bulletin
to announce the availability of an update package for Microsoft
Excel 2016. Customers running Microsoft Excel 2016 should apply
update 2920693 to be protected from the vulnerabilities discussed
in this bulletin. The majority of customers have automatic updating
enabled and will not need to take any action because the update
will be downloaded and installed automatically.
- Originally posted: September 8, 2015
- Updated: October 13, 2015
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 4.0

MS15-MAY
- Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2015
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-may.aspx
- Reason for Revision: V2.0 (October 13, 2015): For MS15-046,
revised Bulletin Summary to announce the availability of a new
update (3085544) for Microsoft Office 2007 that addresses issues
with the previously-released update (2965282). Customers running
Microsoft Office 2007 are encouraged to install update 3085544 at
the earliest opportunity to be fully protected from the vulnerability
discussed in this bulletin. Customers running other Microsoft Office
software do not need to take any action. See Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article 3085544 for more information and download links.
- Originally posted: May 12, 2015
- Updated: October 13, 2015
- Version: 2.0
MS15-AUG
- Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2015
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-aug.aspx
- Reason for Revision: V3.0 (October 13, 2015): For MS15-081,
revised Bulletin Summary to announce the availability of update
packages for Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Visio 2016, and
Microsoft Word 2016. Customers running Microsoft Office 2016,
Microsoft Visio 2016, or Microsoft Word 2016 should apply the
applicable updates to be protected from the vulnerabilities
discussed in MS15-081. The majority of customers have automatic
updating enabled and will not need to take any action because the
updates will be downloaded and installed automatically.
- Originally posted: August 11, 2015
- Updated: October 13, 2015
- Version: 3.0

MS15-SEP
- Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2015
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-sep.aspx
- Reason for Revision: V3.0 October 13, 2015): For MS15-099,
revised Bulletin Summary to announce the availability of an
update package for Microsoft Excel 2016. Customers running
Microsoft Excel 2016 should apply update 2920693 to be protected
from the vulnerabilities discussed in MS15-099. The majority of
customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to
take any action because the update will be downloaded and installed
automatically.
- Originally posted: September 8, 2015
- Updated: October 13, 2015
- Version: 3.0

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