Detection and deployment guidance for the September 2006 security release

This article describes the detection and deployment guidance for the security release that is dated September 12, 2006.

Detection and deployment

Environments that detect and deploy security updates by using Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Office Update

The security updates that were released on September 12, 2006, are available on the following Web sites. The products that are supported by each Web site are also listed.

Note Not every security update is available on every Web site. Any exceptions are in the following list.

• Microsoft Windows Update
  http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate)
  • Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003
    • Security update 910729 (security bulletin MS06-054)
      Windows Update does not support any part of this security update.
• Microsoft Update
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate)
  • Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office 2002, Office XP, and Office 2003
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2003
  • Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004
  • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Security update 910729 (security bulletin MS06-054)
      Microsoft Update does not support the Microsoft Publisher 2000 part of this security update.
• Microsoft Office Update
  http://officeupdate.microsoft.com (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/maincatalog.aspx)
  • Office 2000
  • Office XP or Office 2002
  • Office 2003
• Mactopia
  http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/)
  • Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office v. X for Mac
  • Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

Environments that detect security updates by using MBSA version 1.2.1 or MBSA version 2.0

If you use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) version 1.2.1 together with an integrated version of the Office Detection Tool (ODT) or if you use MBSA version 2.0 to detect security updates, you can detect most of the security updates that were released on September 12, 2006. Any exceptions are in the following list.

• 910729 (security bulletin MS06-054)
  MBSA 2.0 does not support the Publisher 2000 part of this security update.

For more information about how to obtain the Enterprise Scan Tool (EST), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Notes

• The Office Detection Tool part of MBSA 1.2.1 is limited to local scans only.
• MBSA 1.2.1 does not support any x64-based or Itanium-based versions of Windows.

Environments that detect and deploy security updates by using Software Update Services or Windows Server Update Services

If you use Software Update Services (SUS) or Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to detect and deploy security updates, you can detect most of the security updates that were released on September 12, 2006. Any exceptions are in the following list.

• 910729 (security bulletin MS06-054)
  SUS does not support any part of this security update. WSUS does not support the Publisher 2000 part of this security update.

Note SUS 1.0 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) does not support x64-based or Itanium-based versions of Windows.

Environments that detect and deploy security updates by using SMS 2.0 together with the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT) or SMS 2003 together with the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU)

If you use SMS 2.0 together with the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT) or if you use SMS 2003 together with the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) to detect and to deploy security updates, you can detect and deploy most security updates that were released on September 12, 2006. Any exceptions are in the following list.

• 910729 (security bulletin MS06-054)
  SMS 2003 ITMU does not support the Publisher 2000 part of this security update.

To obtain the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note SMS 2.0 does not support any x64-based or Itanium-based versions of Windows.

Summary of detection and deployment guidance

The following table summarizes the detection and deployment guidance for each new security update.

Rereleased security updates

• Security update 921883 (security bulletin MS06-040) was rereleased. For more information, see the following security bulletin:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-040.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-040.mspx)
• Security update 918899 (security bulletin MS06-042) was rereleased. For more information, see the following security bulletin:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-042.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-042.mspx)

The information that is listed in the August 2006 detection and deployment guidance has not changed because of these rereleases. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Frequently asked questions

Q1: What is Microsoft doing to provide guidance about how to deploy these updates?

A1: Microsoft encourages system administrators to join the monthly technical webcast to learn more about security updates. The webcast for this security update airs on September 13, 2006, at 11:00 A.M. (Pacific Time). To register, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Q2: Is the Enterprise Scan Tool (EST) cumulative as the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool is for SMS?

A2: No, EST is not cumulative. There are no plans to make it cumulative.

Q3: Can I use MBSA to determine whether these updates are required?

A3: Yes, you can use MBSA 1.2.1 and MBSA 2.0 to fully detect the requirement for the following security updates that were released on September 12, 2006, except where noted. For more information about the programs that MBSA currently does not detect, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: If you installed a program that is listed in the "Affected software" section of a security bulletin and that is mentioned in the related article, you may have to manually determine whether you must install the required security update. For more information about MBSA, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Q4: Which security updates require that I use EST together with MBSA to identify vulnerable systems on a network?

A4: There are no security updates this month that require EST for detection.

Q5: Can I use SMS to determine whether the updates are required?

A5: Yes. SMS helps detect and deploy these security updates. When you use SMS 2.0 or SMS 2003 together with SUIT, you are using MBSA 1.2.1 technology for detection. Therefore, SMS 2.0 and SMS 2003 have limitations that resemble the limitations of MBSA 1.2.1. For more information about SMS, visit the following Microsoft Web site: You must use SUIT together with the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool to detect all the security updates for Microsoft Windows and for other affected Microsoft products. For more information about the limitations of the Security Update Inventory Tool, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
When you use SMS 2.0 or SMS 2003 together with SUIT, you are using the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool to detect the required security updates for Microsoft Office programs such as Microsoft Word.

Alternatively, SMS 2003 customers can use ITMU to detect and deploy security updates. This tool uses technology from Microsoft Updates. For more information about ITMU, visit the following Microsoft Web site: