With the growing threat of cyber-attacks, protection of computing systems and the data stored in it has become even more important. A single vulnerability in your system can allow remote code execution or denial of service attack or could even allow elevation of privilege.
Microsoft has released a Security Bulletin Summary for September 2014 that will help you address vulnerabilities Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, Windows Task Scheduler, and Microsoft Lync Server.
Below listed are reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer:
In Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2- Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 are affected.
In Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2-Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 are affected.
In Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems-Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 are affected.
In Windows Vista Service Pack 2-Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are affected.
In Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2-Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are affected.
In Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2-Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are affected.
In Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2-Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are affected.
In Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2-Internet Explorer 7 is affected.
In Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1-Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 are affected.
In Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1-Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 are affected.
In Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1-Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 are affected.
In Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1-Internet Explorer 8 is affected.
In Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems-Internet Explorer 10 is affected.
In Windows 8 for x64-based Systems-Internet Explorer 10 is affected.
In Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems-Internet Explorer 11 is affected.
In Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems-Internet Explorer 11 is affected.
In Windows Server 2012-Internet Explorer 10 is affected.
In Windows Server 2012 R2-Internet Explorer 11 is affected.
In Windows RT-Internet Explorer 10 is affected.
In Windows RT 8.1-Internet Explorer 11 is affected.
However, these vulnerabilities did not affect Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation).
For more information on all the affected software visit the following Microsoft website: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-sep
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