Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Qualys Cloud Platform to protect organizations against 10 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 7 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 7 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:
Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CB0563FB-A05D-4D9D-B269-B5602B09C16A
Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1F0432D4-3F45-472E-8C2D-B7B6A879ACB8
Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=560E8778-9733-4719-A565-614FD490C320
Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6BE4F4CE-ABD6-4A38-84A5-8952E3531217
Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FE358108-15DF-4ED9-B257-01AEB82647DF
Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DDE5C141-DE6C-4DD9-8399-6E5DB0DCC574
Outlook Express 6 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium based Systems :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7D3FEA7A-DDC0-4A22-A8B3-D5F46707D017
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-076 for further details.
- Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1D28E62C-09D3-4F38-BEA3-3FC501449D29
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3CFC32FC-85CA-4EDA-890D-5E359F5F0019
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B321744-B55E-4696-8B2C-B1D31672DA06
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8D841D1B-D0B1-46AF-87BD-7DAA8C31AF39
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3E3A9693-D21B-4214-A16C-3FC22340E600
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium based Systems :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9E3F7A2C-BFE1-48C5-8A8A-64A06BCDF219
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F56065CE-6D28-479B-80A7-E04022454DE9
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072 for further details.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 :
http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?FamilyId=C2682C53-8E9A-4C7D-B782-BE78512DCBFA
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-073 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 (KB925398)
July 2007 Supplemental Updates (for Desktop Installer Tool) are available (KB923689)
Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ef2dbcb6-cc8e-4299-a1e6-e6db202b41d5
Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=19ca4b44-2b60-4270-9c42-f5063c627f91
Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7322327f-abd9-4595-98dd-a19ef41652fc
Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0cb64ad7-9b54-4e26-9125-e9e9a0c0fc65
Microsoft Windows Media Format 7.1 through 9.5 Series Runtime on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2203c66c-6722-42d5-a7dc-ac5e71402542
Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 Series Runtime x64 Edition on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c5ece3cd-ac7b-46b4-99dc-74a6b0f323d0
Microsoft Windows Media Format 9.5 Series Runtime x64 Edition on the following operating system versions (Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c5ece3cd-ac7b-46b4-99dc-74a6b0f323d0
Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 (Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726d
Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 (Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 ):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=e63ccdc3-a2ed-4ef6-b8a1-3f8be4b2726d
For a complete list of patch download links, please refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-078.
The target Microsoft Windows machine has a version of SNMP which is vulnerable to a memory corruption issue.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ecc1e691-626b-405c-87d1-15931d1e4258
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2b57e00f-0f47-4567-b40f-f630ba5a29cb
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=65ab5876-7c9a-4add-8b6d-0fd7d617397a
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7856ee11-4f3a-4138-bfce-1b97fb25be69
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium based Systems :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c1b01b91-c565-4d1f-90ec-f57a70fa012e
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5b61249a-dba7-4fd5-85f3-b918044bbc92
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-074 for further details.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0ed62db9-4534-4f27-a49e-020c7a7d69e0
Refer to Micrsoft Security Bulletin MS06-077 for further details.
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=966704b5-1a7e-4110-9694-844706a52db7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5ea314a2-d76a-46f9-853b-15ff03f8ad95
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7bceaa11-f655-4e3c-a588-5c49097e970b
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-075 for further details.
These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 1.16.28-3. 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
For more information, customers may contact Qualys Technical Support.
The Qualys Cloud 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.