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Security Vulnerability in MS Office and IE for Macintosh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ginny Williams)
Thu Apr 18 12:42:25 2002
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From: Ginny Williams (ginnyw@mit.edu)
Subject: Security Vulnerability in MS Office and IE for Macintosh
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Good Afternoon!
This patch was posted on Tuesday. The Software Release Team's
testing has not indicated any problems associated with applying the
patch and we recommend that you apply it immediately. It's available
via the link below.
Unchecked Buffer in Internet Explorer and Office for Mac Can Cause
Code to Execute (Q321309)
Originally posted: April 16, 2002
Affected Software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh OS X
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Macintosh OS 8 & 9
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0.-5.0.3 for Macintosh
Microsoft Entourage v. X for Macintosh
Microsoft Entourage 2001 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint v. X for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Excel v. X for Macintosh
Microsoft Excel 2001 for Macintosh
This is a cumulative patch that, when applied, eliminates all
previously released security vulnerabilities affecting IE 5.1 for
Macintosh, and Office v. X for Macintosh. In addition, it eliminates
two newly discovered vulnerabilities.
For more information on the patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-019.asp
If you have questions or comments, you may send them directly to me
or to the Software Release Team at swrt@mit.edu.
Have a great day!
ginny
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Ginny Williams
Co-Team Leader
Macintosh Platform Coordinator
Software Release Team
MIT Information Systems
ginnyw@mit.edu
617-258-9311 office
617-253-1266 fax
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