13 July 2004

Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletins.



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downloaded from the microsoft.com download center or Windows Update. See the
individual bulletins for details.

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Bulletin Summaries:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-jul.mspx



Critical Bulletins:

MS04-022 - Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Code Execution
(841873)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-022.mspx



MS04-023 - Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Code Execution (840315)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-023.mspx



Important Bulletins:

MS04-019 - Vulnerability in Utility Manager Could Allow Code Execution
(842526)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-019.mspx



MS04-020 - Vulnerability in POSIX Could Allow Code Execution (841872)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-020.mspx



MS04-021 - Security Update for IIS 4.0 (841373)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-021.mspx



MS04-024 - Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(839645)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-024.mspx



Moderate Bulletins:

MS04-018 - Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-018.mspx





This represents our regularly scheduled monthly bulletin release (second
Tuesday of each month). Please note that Microsoft may release bulletins out
side of this schedule if we determine the need to do so.



If you have any questions regarding the patch or its implementation after
reading the above listed bulletin you should contact Product Support
Services in the United States at 1-866-PCSafety (1-866-727-2338).
International customers should contact their local subsidiary.