SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #136

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Date: 05/12/03

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    I. FRONT AND CENTER
         1. Starting from Scratch: Formatting and Reinstalling after a...
         2. The Nowhere Men
    II. MICROSOFT VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
         1. Mirabilis ICQ POP3 Client UIDL Command Format String Vulnerability
         2. Mirabilis ICQ POP3 Client Date Field Signed Integer Overflow...
         3. Mirabilis ICQ Message Session Window Denial Of Service...
         4. Mirabilis ICQ GIF Parsing Denial Of Service Vulnerability
         5. Mirabilis ICQ POP3 Client Subject Field Signed Integer...
         6. Mirabilis ICQ Features On Demand Remote Command Execution...
         8. Mod_Survey SYSBASE Disk Resource Consumption Denial of Service...
         9. MySQL Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability
         10. Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML AnchorClick Partial Denial...
         11. Floosietek FTGate PRO SMTP RCPT TO Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
         12. CommuniGate Pro Webmail Session Hijacking Vulnerability
         13. Floosietek FTGate PRO SMTP MAIL FROM Buffer Overflow...
         14. MDG Web Server 4D HTTP Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
         15. Sun ONE Directory Server Unprivileged LDAP Operation Denial Of...
         16. Leksbot Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
         17. Ethereal Multiple Dissector One Byte Buffer Overflow...
         18. Ethereal Mount Dissector Integer Overflow Vulnerability
         19. Ethereal PPP Dissector Integer Overflow Vulnerability
    III. MICROSOFT FOCUS LIST SUMMARY
         1. (prevent + detect Arp spoofing) + Securing Terminal Services...
         2. (prevent + detect Arp spoofing) + Securing Terminal Services...
         3. Article Announcement: Starting from Scratch: Formatting and...
         4. IPSEC through Ms ISA Server (Thread)
         5. p2p and ISA (Thread)
         6. Timbuktu, etc. (Thread)
         7. SuS update's (Thread)
         8. Article Announcement: Madonna's Borderline MP3 Tactics (Thread)
         9. Article Announcement: Auditing Web Site Authentication, Part...
         10. SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #135 (Thread)
         11. Microsoft and Bluetooth (Thread)
         12. Outlook Security Settings removed (Thread)
         13. AD Question (Thread)
    IV. NEW PRODUCTS FOR MICROSOFT PLATFORMS
         1. Enterprise Manager
         2. WebProxy 2.1
         3. AuditPro Suite
    V. NEW TOOLS FOR MICROSOFT PLATFORMS
         1. SSHVnc v0.0.2 Alpha
         2. nProbe v2.0
         3. Active@ File Recovery
    VI. SPONSOR INFORMATION

    I. FRONT AND CENTER
    -------------------
    1. Starting from Scratch: Formatting and Reinstalling after a Security
    Incident
    By Matthew Tanase

    This article will examine the process of starting over, and more
    specifically, reinstalling after a security incident.

    http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1692

    2. The Nowhere Men
    By George Smith

    Unemployed virus writers take heart: the recording industry is hiring
    cyber miscreants to attack its own customers. And we thought you'd never
    amount to anything.

    http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/160

    II. BUGTRAQ SUMMARY
    -------------------
    1. Mirabilis ICQ POP3 Client UIDL Command Format String Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7461
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7461
    Summary:

    Mirabilis ICQ is an instant messenger client for a number of platforms
    including Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Palm systems. ICQ provides an
    integrated POP3 client that is used to communicate via e-mail. The POP3
    client is a COM object embedded in the POP3.dll library.

    Each message generated by the POP3 client is given a unique identification
    number (UIDL), which is determined by the server. This id consists of up
    to 70 bytes of data from a limited character set.

    A format string vulnerability has been discovered in the ICQ POP3 client
    when handling the identification string. It is likely that the problem
    presents itself due to a programming error in a function used to handle
    UIDL command server response strings.

    By impersonating a valid POP3 server, an attacker may send malicious
    format string specifiers, embedded in the unique id of an e-mail message
    destined for the ICQ POP3 Client. When the message header is processed the
    malicious format string specifiers may be interpreted. As a result, it may
    be possible for sensitive locations in memory to be corrupted. This may
    ultimately result in the execution of attacker-supplied code.

    2. Mirabilis ICQ POP3 Client Date Field Signed Integer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7463
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7463
    Summary:

    Mirabilis ICQ is an instant messenger client for a number of platforms
    including Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Palm systems. ICQ provides an
    integrated POP3 client that is used to communicate via e-mail. The POP3
    client is a COM object embedded in the POP3.dll library.

    A vulnerability has been reported for the POP3 client of ICQ that may
    result in the execution of arbitrary attacker-supplied commands.

    The vulnerability exists due to insufficient boundary checks performed by
    the integrated POP3 mail client when verifying the length of certain
    e-mail header fields. Specifically, the length of the 'Date' header is
    stored within a 16 bit signed integer. As a result, by supplying excessive
    data within the 'Date' field it may be possible to wrap the signed
    integer, resulting in a negative value.

    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting an e-mail with an
    overly long 'Date' field, consisting of at least 32000 bytes of data, and
    sending it to a victim user. This will effectively overflow the sign of an
    internally stored variable and result in an unexpected miscalculation by
    the application.

    Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to overwrite
    sensitive memory with malicious values, which will result in the client
    throwing an unhandled exception and crashing.

    Exploitation of this issue may also result in the execution of
    attacker-supplied code.

    This vulnerability was reported for Mirabilis ICQ 2003a and earlier.

    3. Mirabilis ICQ Message Session Window Denial Of Service Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7465
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7465
    Summary:

    Mirabilis ICQ is an instant messenger client for a number of platforms
    including Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Palm systems.

    Each ICQ message window (message session) contains an advertisement that
    the client requests from an ADS server. This advertisement is obtained by
    making a specially crafted HTTP request to the ADS server for a randomized
    HTML file. Aside from the randomized file name, the request is made to a
    static location.

    No authentication is performed between the ICQ client and the ADS server
    during this transaction.

    A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in HTML rendering
    library used by Mirabilis ICQ to process advertisement code. The problem
    occurs due to the library failing to handle specific malformed HTML table
    tag attributes. Specifically, a table tag containing a 'width' attribute
    with a value of '-1' will trigger a denial of service. The affected client
    program will freeze the systems CPU utilization will rise to 100%.

    An attacker may be capable of exploiting this vulnerability due to the
    lack of authentication while obtaining the advertisement. By impersonating
    the ADS server it may be possible for ICQ client requests to be made to an
    attacker-controlled server. This may result in malicious HTML
    advertisements being rendered within a message session.

    4. Mirabilis ICQ GIF Parsing Denial Of Service Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7466
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7466
    Summary:

    ICQ is an instant messenger client for a number of platforms including
    Microsoft Windows systems.

    ICQ is prone to a denial of service condition when parsing GIF89a headers.
    This condition exists in 'icqateimg32.dll', which is the native ICQ GIF
    parsing/rendering library.

    This issue is due to a flaw in how 'icqateimg32.dll' decodes GIF files.
    The library expects either an existing GCT (Global Color Table) or an LCT
    (Local Color Table) in the header when attempting to decode a GIF file.
    If none of these tables exist in the header, the library will fail when
    attempting to render the GIF file. This will cause ICQ to crash, leading
    to a denial of service.

    An attacker will be able to exploit this issue by passing a GIF with a
    specially crafted header for processing by the GIF parsing/rendering
    library.

    5. Mirabilis ICQ POP3 Client Subject Field Signed Integer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7462
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7462
    Summary:

    Mirabilis ICQ is an instant messenger client for a number of platforms
    including Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Palm systems. ICQ provides an
    integrated POP3 client that is used to communicate via e-mail. The POP3
    client is a COM object embedded in the POP3.dll library.

    A vulnerability has been reported for the POP3 client of ICQ that may
    result in the execution of arbitrary attacker-supplied commands.

    The vulnerability exists due to insufficient boundary checks performed by
    the integrated POP3 mail client when verifying the length of certain
    e-mail header fields. Specifically, the length of the 'Subject' header is
    stored within a 16 bit signed integer. As a result, by supplying excessive
    data within the 'Subject' field it may be possible to wrap the signed
    integer, resulting in a negative value.

    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting an e-mail with an
    overly long Subject field, consisting of at least 33000 characters, and
    sending it to a victim user. This will effectively result in an unexpected
    miscalculation by the application.

    Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to overwrite
    sensitive memory with malicious values which will result in the client
    throwing an unhandled exception and crashing.

    Exploitation of this issue may also result in the execution of
    attacker-supplied code.

    This vulnerability was reported for Mirabilis ICQ 2003a and earlier.

    6. Mirabilis ICQ Features On Demand Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7464
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7464
    Summary:

    ICQ is an instant messenger client for a number of platforms including
    Microsoft Windows.

    The ICQ Features on Demand allows users to download and install ICQ add-on
    client software such as ICQ Phone and ICQ Web Search.

    Features on Demand uses a hardcoded URL from which it retrieves add-on
    installation packages. The DataURL value is found in the 'Packages.ini'
    file under the heading '[General]'.

    When Features on Demand is invoked, it connects to this URL in order to
    download the appropriate packages, but it does not verify the authenticity
    of the package in any way. This could allow a malicious user to
    impersonate the package repository service through some other attack, such
    as DNS poisoning. Any malicious package supplied to ICQ will be executed
    with the permissions of the user running ICQ.

    Features on Demand was introduced in ICQ 2002a and is available in
    subsequent versions.

    7. Microsoft MN-500 Plaintext Password Disclosure Weakness
    BugTraq ID: 7496
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 03 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7496
    Summary:

    The MN-500 Wireless Base Station provides a wireless networking solution
    to home and business networks.

    A weakness has been reported for the MN-500 device that may result in the
    disclosure of administrative credentials to remote attackers. Reportedly,
    the issue exists due to backup configuration files storing administrative
    passwords in a plaintext format.

    An attacker who is able to obtain the backup configuration file is able to
    obtain the administrative password.

    8. Mod_Survey SYSBASE Disk Resource Consumption Denial of Service Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7498
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7498
    Summary:

    Mod_Survey is an Apache module designed to process and display XML-based
    questionnaires and surveys. It is available for the Linux, Unix, and
    Microsoft Windows operating systems.

    The SYSBASE variable is used by Mod_Survey when accessing requests survey
    files. The value of SYSBASE is initialized to the location of the survey
    file and is used to create a subdirectory for the storage of various
    survey related files including cache files and questionnaire response
    data. The subdirectory is placed within the central data repository,
    typically /usr/local/mod_survey/data.

    A vulnerability has been discovered in Mod_Survey when handling requests
    for nonexistent surveys. Before verifying the existence of a requested
    survey file the SYSBASE variable is initialized, triggering the creation
    of an unneeded directory. The validity of the requested survey file is
    subsequently verified.

    Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to carry out a
    denial of service attack, designed to consume available hard disk space or
    inodes. The consumption of resources may cause a target server to crash.

    This vulnerability affects Mod_Survey versions prior to 3.0.15.

    9. MySQL Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7500
    Remote: No
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7500
    Summary:

    MySQL is an open source relational database project. It is available for
    the Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems.

    MySQL has been reported prone to a weak password encryption algorithm. It
    has been reported that the MySQL function used to encrypt MySQL passwords
    makes just one pass over the password and employs a weak left shift based
    cipher. The output of this function results in a password hash of low
    entropy. Due to the base complexity of the algorithm used to create the
    MySQL password hash, the hash may be cracked in little time using a
    bruteforce method to create an identical hash and thereby guess the clear
    text password.

    An attacker may use information recovered in this way to aid in further
    attacks launched against the underlying system.

    10. Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML AnchorClick Partial Denial Of Service Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7502
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7502
    Summary:

    Microsoft Internet Explorer has been reported prone to a denial of service
    condition when handling certain DHTML objects.

    It has been reported that, while using the DHTML 'A' 'AnchorClick' object,
    an attacker may specify a folder instead of a HREF style URL link. While
    the latter is within normal specifications of the DHTML language, if the
    attacker leaves this field blank and supplies the link to an unsuspecting
    user, upon following the malicious link, Internet Explorer will fail. This
    issue is believed to be as a result of an illegal exception thrown while
    attempting to access a null pointer.

    This issue will only affect the active Internet Explorer window, inactive
    Internet Explorer windows are not affected.

    It should be noted that, although this vulnerability has been reported to
    affect Internet Explorer version 6.0 SP1, previous versions might also be
    affected.

    11. Floosietek FTGate PRO SMTP RCPT TO Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7508
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 06 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7508
    Summary:

    Floosietek FTGate PRO is a mail server for the Microsoft Windows operating
    system.

    A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for FTGate PRO mail
    server. The vulnerability exists when the mail server attempts to process
    overly long SMTP 'Rcpt To' arguments. Specifically, when the mail server
    processes a malicious 'Rcpt To' e-mail address consisting of more than
    2017 characters, the mail server will crash. This is reportedly due to the
    exception handler being corrupted. Although unconfirmed, due to the nature
    of this vulnerability the condition may be exploited to execute
    attacker-supplied arbitrary code with the privileges of the SYSTEM user.

    This vulnerability was reported for FTGate PRO 1.22 Hotfix(1328). It is
    likely that previous versions are also affected.

    12. CommuniGate Pro Webmail Session Hijacking Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7501
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7501
    Summary:

    CommuniGate Pro is an internet messaging server. CommuniGate Pro includes
    a webmail service to allow access to mailboxes via HTTP. It is available
    for a number of platforms including Unix and Linux variants and Microsoft
    Windows operating systems.

    CommuniGate Pro Webmail has been reported prone to a session hijacking
    vulnerability. The vulnerability presents itself when the victim views an
    image or similar resource embedded in a HTML web-mail. Specifically the
    current session ID used in CommuniGate Pro Webmail is sent, as the
    'referrer' field, in the HTTP header of a request made for an image
    embedded in a malicious e-mail.

    The attacker may intercept the HTTP header and extract the URL data
    contained in the 'referrer' field. The attacker may then follow the URL to
    hijack the current user session.

    13. Floosietek FTGate PRO SMTP MAIL FROM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7506
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 06 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7506
    Summary:

    Floosietek FTGate PRO is a mail server for the Microsoft Windows operating
    system.

    A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for FTGate PRO mail
    server. The vulnerability exists when the mail server attempts to process
    overly long SMTP 'Mail From' arguments. Specifically, when the mail server
    processes a malicious 'Mail From' e-mail address consisting of more than
    2017 characters, the mail server will crash. This is reportedly due to the
    exception handler being corrupted. Although unconfirmed, due to the nature
    of this vulnerability the condition may be exploited to execute
    attacker-supplied arbitrary code with the privileges of the SYSTEM user.

    This vulnerability was reported for FTGate PRO 1.22 Hotfix(1328). It is
    likely that previous versions are also affected.

    14. MDG Web Server 4D HTTP Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7479
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 01 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7479
    Summary:

    MDG Web Server 4D is a HTTP Server implemented on top of the 4th Dimension
    relational database. It runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS
    operating systems.

    A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for MDG Web Server. The
    vulnerability exists when the web server attempts to process overly long
    HTTP requests. Specifically, when the web server processes a malformed
    HTTP request consisting of "<" or ">" characters, the web server will
    crash. This will result in a denial of service condition.

    Although unconfirmed, this vulnerability may be exploited to execute
    attacker-supplied code with the privileges of the vulnerable web server.

    The affected service must be restarted to restore normal functionality.

    This vulnerability was reported for MDG Web Server 4D 3.60. It is likely
    that other versions are also affected.

    15. Sun ONE Directory Server Unprivileged LDAP Operation Denial Of Service Vulnerabliity
    BugTraq ID: 7478
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 01 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7478
    Summary:

    Sun ONE Directory Server is a LDAP directory server available for a
    variety of platforms including Sun Solaris, AIX, Microsoft Windows and
    Linux and Unix variant systems.

    A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for Sun ONE Directory
    Server. The vulnerability has been reported to occur when certain LDAP
    operations are made.

    This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to cause the
    ns-slapd service to crash.

    Precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown.
    This BID will be updated as further information becomes available.

    16. Leksbot Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
    BugTraq ID: 7505
    Remote: No
    Date Published: May 06 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7505
    Summary:

    Leksbot is a freely available dictionary of botanical terms. It is
    available for a variety of platforms including Microsoft Windows and Linux
    systems.

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported for Leksbot. The precise
    nature of these vulnerabilities are currently unknown however,
    exploitation of this issue may result in an attacker obtaining elevated
    privileges.

    Reportedly, in some installations of Leksbot, the /usr/bin/KATAXWR is
    unnecessarily configured to be a setuid root binary. Systems configured in
    this manner may be prone to a security risk, as an attacker may be capable
    of gaining root privileges.

    These vulnerabilities have been confirmed to affect Debian installations
    of Leksbot. Although unconfirmed, Leksbot installations on other systems
    may also be prone to this issue.

    This BID will be updated as further information is available.

    17. Ethereal Multiple Dissector One Byte Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
    BugTraq ID: 7493
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 03 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7493
    Summary:

    Ethereal is a freely available, open source network traffic analysis tool.
    It is maintained by the Ethereal Project and is available for most Unix
    and Linux variants as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems.

    Several dissectors included with Ethereal are vulnerable to buffer
    overflow conditions. Specifically, the dissectors were using the
    tvb_get_nstringz() and tvb_get_nstringz0() functions in an unsafe manner.
    Exploitation of this issue will allow an attacker to overflow memory
    buffers by one byte. The AIM, GIOP Gryphon, OSPF, PPTP, Quake, Quake2,
    Quake3, Rsync, SMB, SMPP, and TSP dissectors are vulnerable to this issue.

    The precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown.
    This BID will be updated as further information is available.

    An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by crafting a
    specially formed packet and sending it to a system using the vulnerable
    dissectors or by convincing a victim user to use Ethereal to read a
    malformed packet trace file.

    Due to the nature of this vulnerability, it may be possible for an
    attacker to create a situation in which sensitive memory could be
    overwritten. If successful this may allow for the execution of arbitrary
    code with the privileges of the Ethereal process.

    This vulnerability affects Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier.

    18. Ethereal Mount Dissector Integer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7494
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 03 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7494
    Summary:

    Ethereal is a freely available, open source network traffic analysis tool.
    It is maintained by the Ethereal Project and is available for most Unix
    and Linux variants as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems.

    The Mount dissector of Ethereal is prone to an integer overflow
    vulnerability.

    The precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown.
    This BID will be updated as further information is available.

    An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by crafting a
    specially formed packet and sending it to a system using the Mount
    dissector or by convincing a victim user to use Ethereal to read a
    malformed packet trace file.

    Due to the nature of this vulnerability it may be possible for an attacker
    to create a situation in which sensitive memory could be corrupted. If
    successful, this may cause Ethereal to behave in an unpredictable manner.

    This vulnerability affects Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier.

    19. Ethereal PPP Dissector Integer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 7495
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: May 03 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7495
    Summary:

    Ethereal is a freely available, open source network traffic analysis tool.
    It is maintained by the Ethereal Project and is available for most Unix
    and Linux variants as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems.

    The PPP dissector of Ethereal is prone to an integer overflow
    vulnerability.

    The precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown.
    This BID will be updated as further information is available.

    An attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by crafting a
    specially formed packet and sending it to a system using the PPP dissector
    or by convincing a victim user to use Ethereal to read a malformed packet
    trace file.

    Due to the nature of this vulnerability it may be possible for an attacker
    to create a situation in which sensitive memory could be corrupted. If
    successful, this may cause Ethereal to behave in an unpredictable manner.

    This vulnerability affects Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier.

    20. FlashFXP User Password Encryption Weakness
    BugTraq ID: 7499
    Remote: No
    Date Published: May 05 2003 12:00AM
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7499
    Summary:

    FlashFXP is a FTP implementation that allows client-server file transfers
    in addition to site-to-site file transfers. It is available for Microsoft
    Windows.

    FlashFXP uses a trivially reversible algorithm to encode FTP user
    credentials. FTP user passwords are encrypted using XOR with a weak key.
    Local attackers with access to the sites.data may exploit this weakness to
    gain unauthorized access to FTP user credentials for remote sites.

    If credentials are used for multiple services or sites, it may permit
    attackers to gain unauthorized access to those services as well.

    III. MICROSOFT FOCUS LIST SUMMARY
    ---------------------------------
    1. (prevent + detect Arp spoofing) + Securing Terminal Services (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320932

    2. (prevent + detect Arp spoofing) + Securing Terminal Services (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320915

    3. Article Announcement: Starting from Scratch: Formatting and Reinstalling after a Security Incident (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320904

    4. IPSEC through Ms ISA Server (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320903

    5. p2p and ISA (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320902

    6. Timbuktu, etc. (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320901

    7. SuS update's (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320810

    8. Article Announcement: Madonna's Borderline MP3 Tactics (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320540

    9. Article Announcement: Auditing Web Site Authentication, Part Two (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320541

    10. SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #135 (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320491

    11. Microsoft and Bluetooth (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320483

    12. Outlook Security Settings removed (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320481

    13. AD Question (Thread)
    Relevant URL:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/320327

    IV. NEW PRODUCTS FOR MICROSOFT PLATFORMS
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    1. Enterprise Manager
    by TNT Software
    Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.tntsoftware.com/products/ELM3/EEM31/
    Summary:

    ELM Enterprise Manager gives IT administrators and managers the power to
    see the health and status of distributed systems with a single glance by
    combining the following core functions into a feature-packed, reliable,
    and scalable application: - Real-Time and Scheduled Monitoring -
    Rules-Based Management System - Rich Notification and Corrective Action -
    Data collection, Archiving and Reporting

    2. WebProxy 2.1
    by @stake
    Platforms: Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.ngsec.com/ngproducts/ngsw/
    Summary:

    WebProxy is a powerful interactive security tool that helps software
    developers, quality engineers, and security professionals test and enhance
    the security of Web applications. Release 2.1 of WebProxy replaces all
    earlier releases, and is available for sale to enterprise customers and
    independent security consultants. Sitting between the developer's browser
    and the Web application, WebProxy acts as a 'proxy' to let the developer
    observe precisely how the Web application responds to staged attacks, such
    as those that use buffer overflows, SQL injection, cookie manipulation,
    cross-site scripting or parameter manipulation. By identifying security
    vulnerabilities while the software is still in development, companies can
    more cost-effectively improve the overall security of any Web application.

    3. AuditPro Suite
    by Network Intelligence India Pvt. Ltd.
    Platforms: AIX, Linux, Solaris, SunOS, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows
    XP
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.atstake.com/webproxy/
    Summary:

    AuditPro for Windows is our most advanced and fastest-selling auditing
    product. A product that came about from our own requirement as auditors to
    automate the process, it now carries out more than 85 Windows specific
    checks. Its greatest selling feature is not just its comprehensiveness
    (although, we are yet to find another equivalent product), but its
    detailed and comprehensive reporting capability. It also comes with the
    Audit Central Console (ACC), a centralized controlling software that
    allows you to control the audits of any Windows Server in your
    organization with the click of a button. Once the Auditing Engine is
    installed locally, you can schedule the Auditing and Control it from the
    ACC. Continuing in the tradition of tools such as COPS and SARA, we
    introduce AuditPro for Unix. AuditPro differs from Vulnerability Scanners
    such as Nessus, in that it does not scan for possible vulnerabilities but
    mainly for mis-configurations or signs of a system compromise. AuditPro
    for Oracle audits the Oracle Database Security. It checks for system
    mis-configurations, insecure parameters, open privileges, roles, users,
    profiles, etc. It also checks for insecure permissions on system critical
    tables, and user-defined tables. Additionally, AuditPro for Oracle
    provides unique features such as the Baseline, which will snapshot your
    database for comparisons with future audits in order to determine
    suspicious or unauthorized changes. Microsoft's SQL Server has had some
    very critical security flaws being discovered and exploited in the past
    couple of years. Most of these vulnerabilities could have been protected
    against, had the servers been patched and security measures followed.
    AuditPro for SQL is designed to help you detect any unpatched servers,
    weak passwords, and all possible insecure configurations. APSQL
    automatically discovers all the SQL servers in your network and works with
    Named Instances as well. Future additions to the AuditPro suite: AuditPro
    for Sybase

    V. NEW TOOLS FOR MICROSOFT PLATFORMS
    -------------------------------------
    1. SSHVnc v0.0.2 Alpha
    by Lee David Painter
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.sshtools.com
    Platforms: Os Independent
    Summary:

    SSHVnc is a standalone Java VNC viewer that secures VNC a ccess by
    integrating the popular TightVNC viewer with the SSH Tools Java SSH API.
    It features a clean and easy to use interf ace.

    2. nProbe v2.0
    by Luca Deri
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.ntop.org/nProbe.html
    Platforms: MacOS, POSIX, Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98, Windows
    CE, Windows NT, Windows XP
    Summary:

    nProbe is a Netflow V5 probe characterized by portability to Unix and
    Windows environments, a small memory footprint (less than 2MB of memory
    regardless of the size of the network), and low CPU usage. It is designed
    for running in environments with limited resources.

    3. Active@ File Recovery v2.0
    by Active@ Data Recovery Services
    Relevant URL:
    http://www.file-recovery.net/
    Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows XP
    Summary:

    Active@ File Recovery is a powerful software utility, designed to restore
    accidentally deleted files and directories. It allows you to recover files
    that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin, as well as those deleted
    after avoiding the Recycle Bin (e.g. Shift-Delete).

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