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September 2006 security updates

There’s only one Microsoft Office related security update this month.

There’s only one Microsoft Office related security update this month.

It applies to users of Publisher only – the 2000, 2002 (XP) and 2003 versions.


Publisher 2000

Update needs Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 – download here


Publisher 2002

Update needs Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3


Publisher 2003

Update requires Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 – download from here


WORD 2000 STILL UNPATCHED

The noticeable omission from the September updates is a fix for the most recently revealed security breach in Word 2000.

As we mentioned in the last issue, there’s nothing new in this vulnerability from an Office users perspective – always be cautious about incoming documents, regardless of their source and have up-to-date anti-virus software.

See here for the technical details.

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