Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 3 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.
Non-Qualys customers can audit their network for these and other vulnerabilities by signing up for a Qualys Free Trial, or by trying Qualys Community Edition.
Microsoft has released 2 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
This security update modifies the way the Windows kernel processes TCP/IP structures that contain multicast and ICMP requests.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
February Security Updates are Now Available (KB941644)
January 2008 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB941644)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=980f5457-c7b5-421c-8643-0e57429ec156
Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a766242-2342-4fa0-9b66-8953c54a2211
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2e8bc7d5-fe81-4ed5-9efa-360738d160ee
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fda060a5-9a1e-4036-9899-13eb61fdd8be
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=19d993f9-06dd-4dc4-b0cc-c59e822eb8fa
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=2c2264f7-ebbb-40ab-9dbf-9b4e313665a7
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, and Windows Home Server:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fda060a5-9a1e-4036-9899-13eb61fdd8be
Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=23c0e03a-db66-4618-bce0-af55e5c1b067
Windows Vista x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f6a37b1-c604-47c9-932f-485db2eda133
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-001 for further details.
LASS is vulnerable to an elevation of privilege issue due to its improper handling of local procedure call (LPC) requests.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
February Security Updates are Now Available (KB943485)
January 2008 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB943485)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7956632e-17d9-4876-8340-84fe3e43e5cc
Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6a4cf182-8e36-490e-aefe-edb7b3a0df9c
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=51fc657b-2b4a-4725-a744-d279e027c4a5
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12397b47-b18f-4d4d-b8d7-adec8ff310d5
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows 2003 Server x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f19fd790-a4e6-4a8a-8077-d1bbfe37ecca
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=0382a195-aa3d-409b-8a79-9fe61588d8a9
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-002 for further details.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.19.35-4. 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.
Platforms and Platform Identification
For more information, customers may contact Qualys Technical Support.
The Enterprise TruRisk Platform and its integrated suite of security and compliance applications provides organizations of all sizes with a global view of their security and compliance solutions, while drastically reducing their total cost of ownership. Qualys solutions include: continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, policy compliance, PCI compliance, security assessment questionnaire, web application scanning, web application firewall, malware detection and SECURE Seal for security testing of web sites.