Detection and deployment guidance for the October 9, 2007 security release

This article describes the detection and deployment guidance for the security release that is dated October 9, 2007.

Detection and deployment

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

Security updates that were released on October 9, 2007 are available through the following Web sites. Any exceptions are in the following list. The products that are supported by each Web site are also listed.

• Microsoft Windows Update
  http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate)
  • Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista
• Microsoft Update
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate)
  • Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, and Exchange 2007
  • Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 and Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
    • Security update 942695 (security bulletin MS07-060)
      Microsoft Update does not support the Office 2000 part of this security update.
• Office Update
  http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/ (http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/)
  • Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system
• Mactopia
  http://www.microsoft.com/mac (http://www.microsoft.com/mac)
  • Office 2001 for Mac
  • Office X for Mac
  • Office 2004 for Mac

Note Not every update is available on every Web site that is listed.

Environments that detect security updates by using MBSA version 1.2.1 or MBSA version 2.0.1

MBSA version 1.2.1 contains an integrated version of the Office Detection Tool (ODT). If you use MBSA version 1.2.1 or MBSA version 2.0.1 to detect security updates, you can detect all the security updates that released on October 9, 2007. Any exceptions are in the following list.

Note The ODT part of MBSA version 1.2.1 is limited to local scans only.

Note MBSA version 1.2.1 does not support Windows Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista, any x64-based versions of Windows, or any Itanium-based versions of Windows.

Note MBSA version 2.0.1 is not supported on Windows Vista. However, MBSA version 2.0.1 supports remote scans of computers that are running Windows Vista. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

• Security update 941202 (security bulletin MS07-056)
  MBSA version 1.2.1 does not support this security update. The October 9, 2007 Enterprise Scan Tool will detect the need for this security update.
• Security update 942017 (security bulletin MS07-059)
  MBSA version 1.2.1 does not support this security update.
• Security update 942695 (security bulletin MS07-060)
  MBSA version 2.0.1 does not support the Office 2000 part of this security update.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Environments that detect and that deploy security updates by using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Note SUS 1.0 SP1 is no longer supported and will not receive security updates.
If you use WSUS 2.0 or WSUS 3.0 to detect and to deploy security updates, you can detect most security updates that released on October 9, 2007. Any exceptions are in the following list.

• Security update 942695 (security bulletin MS07-060)
  WSUS does not support the Office 2000 part of this security update.

Environments that detect and that deploy security updates by using Microsoft Systems Management Server (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 SUIT, SMS 2003 together with SUIT, or SMS 2003 together with ITMU to detect and to deploy security updates, you can detect and deploy all security updates that were released on October 9, 2007. Any exceptions are in the following list.
Note SMS together with SUIT does not support Windows Vista, any x64-based versions of Windows, or any Itanium-based versions of Windows.

• Security update 941202 (security bulletin MS07-056)
  SMS together with SUIT supports this security update when you use ESUIT.
• Security update 942017 (security bulletin MS07-059)
  SMS together with SUIT does not support this security update.
• Security update 942695 (security bulletin MS07-060)
  SMS together with SUIT does not support the Office 2000 part of this security update.

To obtain ESUIT, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Summary of detection and deployment guidance

The following table summarizes the detection and deployment guidance for each new security update. Note MBSA version 1.2.1 together with SUIT and SMS together with SUIT do not support Windows Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista, any x64-based versions of Windows, or any Itanium-based versions Windows.

Rereleased security updates

• Security update 887219 (security bulletin MS05-004) was rereleased on October 9, 2007. For more information, see the updated security bulletin. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-004.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-004.mspx)
  The information that is listed in the February 8, 2005 detection and deployment guidance has not changed because of this security rerelease. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  894192  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894192/ ) Detection and deployment guidance for the February 8, 2005, security update release cycle

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 October 10, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. (Pacific Time). To register, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Q2: Is the Enterprise Scan Tool (EST) also cumulative like ESUIT is for SMS?

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

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

A3: Yes, you can use MBSA version 1.2.1 and MBSA version 2.0.1 to fully detect the need for the following security updates that released on October 9, 2007. 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 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 find vulnerable systems on my network?

A4: The following security updates require that you use EST together with MBSA to find vulnerable systems on the network.
Q5: Can I use SMS to determine whether the updates are required?

A5: Yes. SMS helps detect and deploy these security updates. SMS 2.0 together with SUIT and SMS 2003 together with SUIT use MBSA version 1.2.1 technology for detection. Therefore, SMS 2.0 together with SUIT and SMS 2003 with SUIT have similar limitations to MBSA version 1.2.1. For more information about SMS, visit the following Microsoft Web site: SUIT together with ESUIT are required for detection of all the security updates on Microsoft Windows and on other affected Microsoft products. For more information about the limitations of SUIT, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
SMS 2.0 together with SUIT and SMS 2003 together with SUIT also use the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool to detect the required security updates for Microsoft Office programs such as Microsoft Word.

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