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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2005

Issued: November 8, 2005

Version Number: 1.0

Bulletin: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=56129

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Security patches defined by Microsoft as “critical” or “important”
MUST be applied within 10 business days of notification. Should there
be active exploits, the time will be adjusted and users will be
informed appropriately. Hosts unpatched after the defined time are
subject to scanning and removal from the EECS network as per campus
IT security policies (http://socrates.berkeley.edu:2002/MinStds/).

Patching is sometimes dependent on the service pack level of the
Microsoft OS, and installed applications, please read requirements
carefully.

Critical Security Bulletins

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MS05-053 – Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow

Code Execution (896424)

Impact: Remote Code Execution

Affected Software:

– Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

– Windows XP Service Pack 1

– Windows XP Service Pack 2

– Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)

– Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

– Windows Server 2003

– Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems

– Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems

– Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition