Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 23 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 8 bulletins announced today by Microsoft. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.
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Microsoft has released 8 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
Microsoft Active Accessibility is prone to a vulnerability that is the result of the Microsoft Active Accessibility component improperly restricting the path used for loading external libraries.
Microsoft has released a security update that addresses the vulnerability by correcting the manner in which the Microsoft Active Accessibility component loads external libraries.
This security update is rated Important for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.
Windows Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
March 2012 Security Updates for XPe SP3 and Standard 2009 Are Now on ECE (KB2564958)
April 2012 Security Updates are Live on ECE for XPe and Standard 2009 (KB2564958)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-075 for further details.
This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7; and Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista.
For an attack to be successful, a user must visit an untrusted remote file system location or WebDAV share and open a legitimate file.
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista (32-bit editions)
Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista (64-bit editions)
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-076 for further details.
The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting the way that the Windows kernel-mode drivers validate input passed from user mode, handle the TrueType font type, allocate the proper buffer size before writing to memory, and manage kernel-mode driver objects.
This security update is rated Important for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.
Windows Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
October 2011 Security Updates are Live on ECE for XPe and Standard 2009 (KB2567053)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-077 for further details.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft .NET Framework and Silverlight framework restrict inheritance within classes.
This security update is rated Critical for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3, Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1, and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on all supported editions of Microsoft Windows; and Microsoft Silverlight 4.
Windows Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
October 2011 Security Updates are Live on ECE for XPe and Standard 2009 (KB2572078, 2572073)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft .NET Framework 4)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 4)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 4)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 4)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft .NET Framework 4)
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)
For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-078.
An HTTP response splitting vulnerability exists in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) server where JavaScript can be injected back to the user in the resulting page, effectively allowing attacker-controlled JavaScript to run in the context of the user clicking the link. (CVE-2011-1895)
An XSS vulnerability exists in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) server where JavaScript can be injected back to the user in the resulting page, effectively allowing attacker-controlled JavaScript to run in the context of the user clicking the link. (CVE-2011-1896)
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) applies a signed Java applet that can be leveraged by malicious Web sites to cause remote code execution on any Java-enabled Web browser. (CVE-2011-1969)
A denial of service vulnerability exists in implementations of Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG). When this occurs, an attacker could leverage the vulnerability to stop the IIS worker process and deny access to Web services on the affected system. (CVE-2011-2012)
Affected Software:
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 1
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 2
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 1
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Update 2
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Service Pack 1
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-079 for further details.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists where the Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys) improperly validates input passed from user mode to the kernel.
Microsoft has released a security update that addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that AFD validates input before passing the input from user mode to the Windows kernel.
This security update is rated Important.
Windows Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
October 2011 Security Updates are Live on ECE for XPe and Standard 2009 (KB2592799)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-080 for further details.
When Internet Explorer attempts to access an object that has been deleted or a dereferenced memory address or a corrupted virtual function table, it may corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user.
Microsoft has released an update that addresses the vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles objects in memory and the way that Internet Explorer allocates and accesses memory.
This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer on Windows clients and Moderate for Internet Explorer on Windows servers.
Windows Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
October 2011 Security Updates are Live on ECE for XPe and Standard 2009 (KB2586448)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Internet Explorer 6)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 6)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 6)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 6)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Internet Explorer 6)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Internet Explorer 7)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Internet Explorer 8)
For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-081.
Microsoft Host Integration Server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability that is caused due to improper input validation when Host Integration Server processes specially crafted network traffic. (CVE-2011-2008,CVE-2011-2007)
Affected Software:
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2009
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2010
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2009
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2010
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-082 for further details.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.28.241-4. Each Qualys account is automatically updated with the latest vulnerability signatures as they become available. To view the vulnerability signature version in your account, from the Qualys Help menu, select the About tab.
To perform a selective vulnerability scan, configure a scan profile to use the following options:
In addition, prior to running a scan for these new vulnerabilities, you can estimate your exposure to these new threats by running the Risk Analysis Report, available from the Qualys Vulnerability Management Reports tab.
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