Microsoft has released their Advance Notification for the upcoming April Patch Tuesday, that is, today.  A total of six bulletins will address 11 vulnerabilities.  This marks Microsoft’s heavy patch month this year for desktops and servers alike. 

Security Bulletin Breakdown:

• 4 bulletins are rated as Critical
• 2 bulletins are rated as Important
• 5 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities that could lead to Remote Code Execution
• 1 bulletin addressing a vulnerability that could lead to Elevation of Privilege

 Affected Products:

• All supported Microsoft operating systems
• All supported Internet Explorer browsers
• Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010
• Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2
• Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002
• Microsoft Commerce Server 2002, 2008, 2009, 2009 R2
• Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8, 9
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime
• Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway