Microsoft black Tuesday patches - April 2007
Overview of the April 2007 Microsoft patches and their status.
Note there was an out of cycle patch for the ANI vulnerability that we reported on earlier and that same patch is included here once again for completeness.
| # | Affected | Contra Indications | Known Exploits | Microsoft rating | ISC rating(*) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clients | servers | |||||
| MS07-017 rerun - out of cycle |
Multiple vulnerabilities, leading to privilege escalation, DoS and remote code execution. Replaces MS06-001 and MS05-053 and MS05-002 on windows 2003 |
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| Windows GDI. CVE-2006-5758 CVE-2007-1211 CVE-2007-1212 CVE-2006-5586 CVE-2007-0038 CVE-2007-1215 CVE-2007-1213 |
KB 925902 Realtek HD audio control panel and more |
Actively exploited SA 935423 |
Critical | PATCH NOW | Important |
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| MS07-018 | Remote code execution and XSS scripting |
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| MCMS (Microsoft Content Management Server) CVE-2007-0938 CVE-2007-0939 |
KB 925939 |
No known exploits | Critical | Important | Critical |
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| MS07-019 | Memory corruption leading to remote code execution | |||||
| UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) CVE-2007-1204 |
KB 931261 |
PoC available in for pay program |
Critical | Critical | Critical(**) | |
| MS07-020 | URL parsing error leads to remote code execution | |||||
| Microsoft Agent CVE-2007-1205 |
KB 932168 |
No known exploits | Critical | Critical | Important |
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| MS07-021 | Multiple vulnerabilities leading to remote Code execution, privilege escalation and DoS |
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| CSRSS (Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem) CVE-2006-6696 CVE-2007-1209 CVE-2006-6797 |
KB 930178 |
Known exploits since Dec 15th, 2006. MSRC blog |
Critical | PATCH NOW | Critical |
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| MS07-022 | Race conditions leading to privilege escalation | |||||
| Windows Kernel CVE-2007-1206 |
KB 931784 |
Details discussed publicly |
Important | Important | Important | |
We will update issues on this page as they evolve.
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US based customers can call Microsoft for free patch related support on 1-866-PCSAFETY
(*): ISC rating
- We use 4 levels:
- PATCH NOW: Typically used where we see immediate danger of exploitation. Typical environments will want to deploy these patches ASAP. Workarounds are typically not accepted by users or are not possible. This rating is often used when typical deployments make it vulnerable and exploits are being used or easy to obtain or make.
- Critical: Anything that needs little to become "interesting" for the dark side. Best approach is to test and deploy ASAP. Workarounds can give more time to test.
- Important: Things where more testing and other measures can help.
- Less Urgent: Typically we expect the impact if left unpatched to be not that big a deal in the short term. Do not forget them however.
- The difference between the client and server rating is based on how you use the affected machine. We take into account the typical client and server deployment in the usage of the machine and the common measures people typically have in place already. Measures we presume are simple best practices for servers such as not using outlook, MSIE, word etc. to do traditional office or leisure work.
- The rating is not a risk analysis as such. It is a rating of importance of the vulnerability and the perceived or even predicted threat for affected systems. The rating does not account for the number of affected systems there are. It is for an affected system in a typical worst-case role.
- Only the organization itself is in a position to do a full risk analysis involving the presence (or lack of) affected systems, the actually implemented measures, the impact on their operation and the value of the assets involved.
- All patches released by a vendor are important enough to have a close look if you use the affected systems. There is little incentive for vendors to publicize patches that do not have some form of risk to them.
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Mailbag
AOL's IM clients are getting attention from the security researchers: following ".." while deposing a file and/or not displaying the same filename as the actually used filename.
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Swa Frantzen -- NET2S
- ICQ: should have updated itself by now, if not, make sure it did.
- AIM: make sure to upgrade to the latest greatest
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Pump and Dump reporting
Pump and Dump spams are part of a financial fraud scheme. . Aside of the usual spam reporting one can also report the practice to the appropriate official contacts.
Due to the global nature of this spam one needs to have a list of which address to report to.
USA: SEC:
If you have confirmed and working responsive addresses for other stock exchanges, please let us know.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump
http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml
Thanks to our readers Axel and more for reporting in on this.
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Swa Frantzen -- NET2S
Due to the global nature of this spam one needs to have a list of which address to report to.
USA: SEC:
- SEC wants your stock related spam
- Forward the spam to enforcement(AT)sec.gov
- You get a standardized reply for every report, typically during the next business day
- poststelle-ffm(AT)bafin.de
- ASIC has a form, way too impractical for dealing with individual spam messages
- info(AT)asx.com.au
If you have confirmed and working responsive addresses for other stock exchanges, please let us know.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump
http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml
Thanks to our readers Axel and more for reporting in on this.
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Swa Frantzen -- NET2S
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