Issued: December 12, 2012 

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Summary

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The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.

Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.

* MS12-043 – Critical

* MS12-050 – Important

* MS12-057 – Important

* MS12-059 – Important

* MS12-060 – Important

* MS12-JUL

* MS12-AUG

Bulletin Information:

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* MS12-043 – Critical

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-043

– Reason for Revision: V4.0 (December 11, 2012): Rereleased bulletin to replace the KB2687324 update with the KB2687627 update for Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 when installed on Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3, and to replace the KB2596679 update with the KB2687497 update for Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 when installed with all affected editions of Microsoft Groove 2007, Microsoft Groove Server 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. See the update FAQ for details.

– Originally posted: July 10, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical

– Version: 4.0

* MS12-050 – Important

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-050

– Reason for Revision: V2.0 (December 11, 2012): Rereleased this bulletin to announce availability of an update for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. No other update packages are affected by this rerelease.

– Originally posted: July 10, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Bulletin Severity Rating: Important

– Version: 2.0

* MS12-057 – Important

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-057

– Reason for Revision: V2.0 (December 11, 2012): Rereleased bulletin to replace the KB2553260 and KB2589322 updates with the KB2687501 and KB2687510 updates respectively for Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1. See the update FAQ for details.

– Originally posted: August 14, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Bulletin Severity Rating: Important

– Version: 2.0

* MS12-059 – Important

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-059

– Reason for Revision: V2.0 (December 11, 2012): Rereleased bulletin to replace the KB2597171 update with the KB2687508 update for all affected editions of Microsoft Visio 2010.

– Originally posted: August 14, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Bulletin Severity Rating: Important

– Version: 2.0

* MS12-060 – Critical

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-060

– Reason for Revision: V2.0 (December 11, 2012): Rereleased bulletin to replace the KB2687323 update with the KB2726929 update for Windows common controls on all affected variants of Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. – Originally posted: August 14, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Bulletin Severity Rating: Important

– Version: 2.0

* MS12-Jul

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms12-Jul

– Reason for Revision: V5.0 (December 11, 2012): For MS12-043, replaced the KB2687324 update with the KB2687627 update for Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 when installed on Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3, and replaced the KB2596679 update with the KB2687497 update for Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 when installed with all affected editions of Microsoft Groove 2007, Microsoft Groove Server 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. See the MS12-043 bulletin for details.

– Originally posted: July 10, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Version: 5.0

* MS12-Aug

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms12-Aug

– Reason for Revision: V3.0 (December 11, 2012): For MS12-057, replaced the KB2553260 and KB2589322 updates with the KB2687501 and KB2687510 updates respectively for all affected editions of Microsoft Office 2010. For MS12-059, replaced the KB2597171 update with the KB2687508 update for all affected editions of Microsoft Visio 2010. For MS12-060, replaced the KB2687323 update with the KB2726929 update for Windows common controls on all affected variants of Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

– Originally posted: August 14, 2012

– Updated: December 11, 2012

– Version: 3.0