Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 4 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 2 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 2 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
Microsoft has tested the following workarounds:-
1). Block TCP ports 139 and 445 at the firewall
Blocking TCP ports 139 and 445 at the firewall will help protect systems that are behind that firewall from attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
2). Enable SMB signing
Enabling SMB signing prevents the attacker from executing code in the context of the logged-on user.
This vulnerability requires that a user with an affected version of SMB access a malicious server. An attacker would have to host a specially crafted server share or Web site. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit a specially crafted server share or Web site. Instead, an attacker would have to convince them to visit the server share or Web site, typically by getting them to click a link in an e-mail message or Instant Messenger message that takes them to the attacker's site.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
December 2008 Updates are Available (including for XPe SP3 and Standard) (KB957097)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=44c971e6-96fc-4bba-8f4a-f9d46bda2b6c
Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6f8ae0aa-fd68-4156-9016-bba00149793c
Windows XP Service Pack 3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6f8ae0aa-fd68-4156-9016-bba00149793c
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9501b33b-d639-43e7-ad5a-9e76ed66effd
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=57a0606d-ea7a-4e5b-8b8b-7b77a444ef75
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=915e001f-9aa0-4fb0-9c2a-0f0c72b4f056
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6abf7ba9-825f-4ee2-a2fe-6b1cd9fab622
Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5612815f-8685-45d2-af4a-164c298a0869
Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=727ce9b6-827f-4350-b4ff-c08e8ac541a6
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b305e894-61ec-46b4-91ee-4c9ac59bc47e
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e8d26dfd-b347-4f10-b5b6-27dfff5e4f47
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d565467d-e10f-4ddc-a278-3f81a3798686
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS08-068 for further details.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
December 2008 Updates are Available (including for XPe SP3 and Standard) (KB955069)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=559cd4b6-24b7-4e60-8749-37d9b833d3eb
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=96a4413c-5261-4f69-83d0-932c430abd14
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=59914795-60c7-4ebe-828d-f28cb457e6e3
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6ed1a087-97e2-4283-9b53-b7b046654d08
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6ed1a087-97e2-4283-9b53-b7b046654d08
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=96a4413c-5261-4f69-83d0-932c430abd14
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=59914795-60c7-4ebe-828d-f28cb457e6e3
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7493fa37-2cbf-4d66-8690-d50d63da4096
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1b79f220-ebfc-49c1-963b-58bbda21b6e7
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=96a4413c-5261-4f69-83d0-932c430abd14
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=59914795-60c7-4ebe-828d-f28cb457e6e3
For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS08-069.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.22.53-3. 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.
Platforms and Platform Identification
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