Microsoft Office Security Bulletin Summary for March 2004

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Title: Microsoft Office Security Bulletin Summary for 
       March 2004
Issued: March 09, 2004
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/offmar04.mspx

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Summary:
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Included in this advisory is an update for a newly discovered 
vulnerability in Microsoft Office. This vulnerability has been rated 
Important: 

** Important Security Bulletins

    MS04-009 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Code
               Execution (828040)

             - Affected Software: 
               - Office XP Service Pack 2  
               - Outlook 2002 Service Pack 2 
               
             - Impact: Remote Code Execution
             - Version Number: 1.0 


Update Availability:
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An update is available to fix this vulnerability.
For additional information, including Technical Details, 
Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Update 
Deployment Information please read the Microsoft Office Security 
Bulletin Summary for March at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/offmar04.mspx


Support: 
========
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charge for support calls associated with security patches. 
International customers can get support from their local Microsoft 
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at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
 
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Acknowledgments:
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Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect 
customers:

- - iDefense 
     (http://www.idefense.com)
- - Jouko Pynnönen
     (http://iki.fi/jouko)

Revisions: 
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* V1.0 March 09, 2004: Bulletin published. 
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Protect your PC: Microsoft has provided information on how you 
can help protect your PC at the following locations: 
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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virus. Microsoft does not distribute security patches via e-mail. 
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