In the first month following the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft is already serving up a number of fixes for both operating systems, as it has issued eight security bulletins covering a total of 10 vulnerabilities.

The critical fixes remediated flaws in Microsoft Office, Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) that could allow remote attackers to install malicious code on a user’s machine.

Regarding the Windows desktop and server platforms, the critical vulnerability involving GDI — MS08-021 — will affect Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Professional x64 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and 2 plus the x64-bit edition, Vista and Vista SP1, plus Windows Server 2008.

Alongside the security related patches, Microsoft also released Service Pack 1 for the US and UK versions of Office Accounting 2008, and updates for Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage Notifications, the Outlook 2003 and 2007 junk email filters, Office 2007 (to fix an issue that could arise when installing SP1), and Windows Live Writer.