Here’s a list of April’s Security updates from Microsoft:
MS04-011 – Security Update for Microsoft Windows (835732)
This update resolves several newly-discovered vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability is documented in this bulletin in its own section. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system, including installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts that have full privileges. Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately.
MS04-012 – Cumulative Update for Microsoft RPC/DCOM (828741)
This update resolves several newly-discovered vulnerabilities in RPC/DCOM. Each vulnerability is documented in this bulletin in its own section. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could then take any action on the affected system, including installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts that have full privileges. Microsoft recommends customers apply the update immediately.
MS04-013 – Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (837009)
This is a cumulative update that includes the functionality of all the previously-released updates for Outlook Express 5.5 and Outlook Express 6. Additionally, it eliminates a new vulnerability that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to access files and to take complete control of the affected system. This could occur even if Outlook Express is not used as the default e-mail reader on the system. Microsoft recommends that customers install this update immediately.
MS04-014 – Vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine Could Allow Code Execution (837001)
A buffer overrun vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine (Jet) that could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system, including installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts that have full privileges. Microsoft recommends that customers install the update at the earliest opportunity.
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