Updated: July 11, 2020 (January 16, 2006)

Jan. 2006 Security Communications Summary

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Three critical updates were issued in Jan. 2006 to address problems in Windows, Outlook, and Exchange. The first patch was released prior to the scheduled Patch Tuesday (“out-of-band”) due to circulating exploits.

Bulletin / Advisory	Severity	Affected Software	KB Article
MS06-001: Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Critical	Windows	912919
MS06-002: Vulnerability in Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Critical	Windows	908519
MS06-003: Vulnerability in TNEF Decoding in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Critical	Outlook Exchange	902412

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