Here are the updates Microsoft has released today:

Critical:

• Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958690)
  This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. The most serious vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted EMF or WMF image file from an affected system.

Important:

• Vulnerability in SChannel Could Allow Spoofing (960225)
  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Secure Channel (SChannel) security package in Windows. The vulnerability could allow spoofing if an attacker gains access to the certificate used by the end user for authentication. Customers are only affected when the public key component of the certificate used for authentication has been obtained by the attacker through other means.
• Vulnerabilities in DNS and WINS Server Could Allow Spoofing (962238)This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Windows DNS server and Windows WINS server. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to redirect network traffic intended for systems on the Internet to the attacker’s own systems.

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