Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 15 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 6 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 6 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visio as a result of the way it incorrectly handles the parsing of packed objects within the Visio file format.
Microsoft has rated this issue as Important.
Patches:
The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
MS07-030 Microsoft Office 2003(Microsoft Visio 2003 Service Pack 2)
MS07-030 Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Pack 2
It is vulnerable to a remote code execution issue due to insufficient checks for specially crafted server-sent digital signatures during the SSL handshake.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
August 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB935840)
June XPE Updates now available on the ECE site (KB935840)
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5b8e728c-cb9f-4176-93a0-bf42d6387f93
Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8615e6f3-415b-4c23-ba52-7eef70a11d77
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7e994340-c616-4f66-845b-7eaf095e968a
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=39e6c6d2-7e6f-4992-a731-36f44fe2d87f
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=da424772-079c-4351-9759-8886e0f1ba79
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=028592ff-2b69-472e-b186-bd2cc76bdfa4
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-031 for further details.
Microsoft has rated this issue as Moderate.
Patches:
The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
MS07-032 Windows Vista
MS07-032 Windows Vista x64 Edition
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3B49F1ED-ABE3-4DBD-A91D-973415658F6B
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5C958650-28D2-4DD0-96A8-DBFE79CE3F68
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60FB294E-A8E1-405E-A289-2D2723EDF7EE
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=086D6D6E-4703-4C6C-A7AF-B6DAFEEEDE5D
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7ED19127-5C2D-48E4-A8D1-090DC69FD68B
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1449EB5D-6E4C-4332-8CB6-AB9EE59C9A95
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B628A3CC-A70C-478A-A10C-EEE254EE34AB
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Windows Internet Explorer 7):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C2191703-8CBD-4959-9F84-E13F21173926
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Windows Internet Explorer 7):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=69C526B8-8B07-42BC-9BED-E18DEAE21C8E
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Windows Internet Explorer 7):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A074D9C0-1FED-4753-845E-073CFCE99F45
For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-033.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
August 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB929123)
June XPE Updates now available on the ECE site (KB929123)
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=27cca556-0872-4803-b610-4c895ceb99aa
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1ea813bf-bddb-40f0-8960-b9debc8413e7
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1ea813bf-bddb-40f0-8960-b9debc8413e7
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=93808a74-035c-4ab7-9283-c693d7bd82be
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=93808a74-035c-4ab7-9283-c693d7bd82be
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f63323a9-e285-45e5-84bd-71ae9da126e3
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f63323a9-e285-45e5-84bd-71ae9da126e3
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2e62e96e-6571-437d-a612-99175ac39025
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Microsoft Outlook Express 6):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2e62e96e-6571-437d-a612-99175ac39025
Windows Vista (Windows Mail):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ee57de19-44ea-48f2-ae28-e76fd2018633
Windows Vista x64 Edition (Windows Mail):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=343db20f-7794-4423-b11d-885329fbdf78
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-034 for further details.
Windows XP Embedded Systems:- For additional information regarding security updates for embedded systems, refer to the following MSDN blog(s):
August 2007 Monthly Security Updates are Now Available on the ECE (KB935839)
June XPE Updates now available on the ECE site (KB935839)
Privilege escalation can also occur through the use of a specially crafted local application.
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3918ac76-ebb6-4886-9a9e-808eafb96b1b
Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=27c7f1b9-2d1d-40cb-ad7e-bfedb6156a9c
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0ba12191-1e6f-443b-9150-7ab8b2deb7c2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=d554dff4-bcfb-4bbc-8fa0-af2f939d2610
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=170473d8-6bb1-4fbd-8494-a059dbfdf182
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=f5e45e3c-4cac-41a5-99f7-42c2c2c73e99
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS07-035 for further details.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.17.73-4. 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
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