Microsoft Security Patches for July 2012

It's that time of the month again and we are now into the 2nd half of the year!
 
Microsoft have announced today that they have released 9 patches as part of July's patch release, of which 3 are critical and 6 are important.
 
The MS12-043 patch covers the recent 0-day vulnerability in XML however its worth noting that the patch for XML 5 is not currently available:
 

The security updates for Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 are unavailable at this time. Microsoft will issue the updates when testing is complete, in order to ensure a high degree of quality for their release. In the meantime, customers running Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 are encouraged to apply the automated Microsoft Fix it solution that blocks the attack vector for this vulnerability.

 
The patches released breakdown as follows:

Critical:

MS12-043: Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2722479)
MS12-044: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2719177)
MS12-045: Vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2698365)


Important:

MS12-046: Vulnerability in Visual Basic for Applications Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2707960)
MS12-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2718523)
MS12-048: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2691442)
MS12-049: Vulnerability in TLS Could Allow Information Disclosure (2655992)
MS12-050: Vulnerabilities in SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2695502)
MS12-051: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2721015)

Links:

Microsoft: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-jul
ISC: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft+July+2012+Black+Tuesday+Update+-+Overview/13642
 
Regards
Alan