SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #252

From: Marc Fossi (mfossi_at_securityfocus.com)
Date: 08/17/05

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    SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #252
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    I. FRONT AND CENTER
           1. Jose Nazario discusses worms
           2. Packet forensics using TCP
    II. MICROSOFT VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
           1. Wine WineLauncher.IN Local Insecure File Creation Vulnerability
           2. Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object Instantiation Buffer Overflow
    Vulnerability
           3. Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Folder Behaviors Cross-Domain
    Scripting Vulnerability
           4. Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
           5. Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
           6. Microsoft Internet Explorer Unspecified SharePoint Portal Services Log
    Sink ActiveX Vulnerability
           7. Microsoft Windows Telephony Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
           8. Microsoft Windows Kerberos Denial Of Service Vulnerability
           9. Microsoft Windows Kerberos PKINIT Man In The Middle Vulnerability
           10. AWStats Referrer Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
           11. MidiCart ASP Item_Show.ASP Code_No Parameter SQL Injection
    Vulnerability
           12. Gallery PostNuke Integration Access Validation Vulnerability
           13. Novell eDirectory Server iMonitor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
           14. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Local Information Disclosure
    Vulnerability
           15. Veritas Backup Exec For Windows And NetWare Arbitrary File Download
    Vulnerability
           16. PHPBB BBCode IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability
           17. FUDForum Tree View Access Validation Vulnerability
    III. MICROSOFT FOCUS LIST SUMMARY
           1. SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #251
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    V. SPONSOR INFORMATION

    I. FRONT AND CENTER
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    1. Jose Nazario discusses worms
    By Federico Biancuzzi
    Federico Biancuzzi interviews Jose Nazario to discuss modern computer worms and
    the design goals behind them.
    http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/347

    2. Packet forensics using TCP
    By Don Parker and Mike Sues
    This article looks at TCP packet forensics and examines why sequence and
    acknowledgement numbers can be useful during an investigation.
    http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1845

    II. MICROSOFT VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
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    1. Wine WineLauncher.IN Local Insecure File Creation Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14496
    Remote: No
    Date Published: 2005-08-08
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14496
    Summary:
    A local insecure file creation vulnerability affects Wine. This issue is likely
    due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the
    existence of a file before writing to it.

    The details available regarding this issue are not sufficient to provide an in
    depth technical description. This BID will be updated when more information
    becomes available.

    An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the
    privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable application.

    This issue is reported in version 20050725; other version may also be affected.

    2. Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object Instantiation Buffer Overflow
    Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14511
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14511
    Summary:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
    This issue is exposed when certain COM objects are instantiated as ActiveX
    controls. A malicious Web page could pass content to these objects that will
    trigger memory corruption.

    Successful exploitation could let remote attackers execute arbitrary code in
    the context of the currently logged in user.

    3. Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Folder Behaviors Cross-Domain Scripting
    Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14512
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14512
    Summary:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a security vulnerability that may let a
    Web page execute malicious script code in the context of an arbitrary domain or
    browser security zone. This issue is the result of a security flaw in the
    browser security model when handling URIs when a Web folder view is rendered.

    If exploited to access a foreign domain, this could allow script code embedded
    in a malicious Web page to access the properties of another site that the
    victim of the attack may trust. This would likely be exploited to steal
    credentials or sensitive information from the victim. The issue could also be
    exploited to execute arbitrary code by running malicious script code in a
    browser security zone with lowered security settings, such as the Local
    Machine, Trusted Sites or Intranet zone. Code execution would occur in the
    context of the currently logged in user.

    4. Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14513
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14513
    Summary:
    Microsoft Windows Plug and Play is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
    This issue takes place when the PnP service handles malformed messages
    containing excessive data.
    This vulnerability facilitates local privilege escalation and unauthorized
    remote access depending on the underlying operating system. A successful
    attack may result in arbitrary code execution resulting in an attacker gaining
    SYSTEM privileges.

    5. Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14514
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14514
    Summary:
    Microsoft Windows Print Spooler service is prone to a buffer overflow
    vulnerability.

    Specifically, this issue takes place when the Print Spooler service handles
    malformed messages containing excessive data.

    This vulnerability facilitates local privilege escalation and unauthorized
    remote access depending on the underlying operating system. A successful
    attack may result in arbitrary code execution, which can allow an attacker to
    gain SYSTEM privileges.

    6. Microsoft Internet Explorer Unspecified SharePoint Portal Services Log Sink
    ActiveX Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14515
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14515
    Summary:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to an unspecified vulnerability in the
    SharePoint Portal Service Log Sink ActiveX control.

    The vendor has not released any further information about this vulnerability
    other than to state the "kill bit" has been set on unsupported versions of the
    control.

    This issue may be related to BID 12646.

    7. Microsoft Windows Telephony Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14518
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14518
    Summary:
    Microsoft Windows Telephony Service is prone to a buffer overflow
    vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to perform
    proper bounds checking on user-supplied data.

    A successful attack can result in overflowing a finite sized buffer and
    ultimately leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the affected
    service. This may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely or
    locally to gain elevated privileges.

    Remote code execution is only possible on Windows 2000 Server and Windows
    Server 2003; other vulnerable platforms the attacker must have local
    interactive access.

    8. Microsoft Windows Kerberos Denial Of Service Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14519
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14519
    Summary:
    Microsoft Windows is susceptible to a remote Kerberos denial of service
    vulnerability. By sending unspecified packets to the Kerberos service on TCP or
    UDP port 88, attackers may cause the affected service to crash.

    This vulnerability allows remote attackers to crash the affected authentication
    service, denying further domain authentication to legitimate users. It should
    be noted that exploitation requires that attackers have valid logon
    credentials.

    9. Microsoft Windows Kerberos PKINIT Man In The Middle Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14520
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14520
    Summary:
    The PKINIT implementation in Microsoft Windows is susceptible to a man in the
    middle vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the software to
    properly validate network data. This issue is only exploitable by attackers
    that have access to valid logon credentials.

    Attackers exploit this issue to spoof the domain controller/KDC during the
    initial authentication process. By spoofing the domain controller/KDC,
    attackers may gain access to the cleartext contents of encrypted network
    traffic in arbitrary Kerberos-enabled services. Other attacks may also be
    possible.

    Microsoft implements draft 9 of the IETF PKINIT specification, and states that
    the vulnerability is in the protocol specification itself. Other
    implementations of PKINIT may therefore also be vulnerable to this issue.

    10. AWStats Referrer Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14525
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-09
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14525
    Summary:
    AWStats is affected by an arbitrary command execution vulnerability. This
    issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied
    input.

    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will permit an attacker to
    execute arbitrary Perl code on the system hosting the affected application in
    the security context of the Web server process. This may aid in further
    attacks against the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

    It should be noted this vulnerability is only possible if the affected
    application has at least one URLPlugin enabled.

    11. MidiCart ASP Item_Show.ASP Code_No Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14544
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-11
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14544
    Summary:
    MidiCart ASP is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to
    a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before
    using it in an SQL query.

    Successful exploitation could result in a compromise of the application,
    disclosure or modification of data, or may permit an attacker to exploit
    vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

    12. Gallery PostNuke Integration Access Validation Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14547
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-11
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14547
    Summary:
    Gallery is prone to an access validation issue when integrated with PostNuke.
    This issue could allow any user with any level of admin privileges in PostNuke
    to also have admin privileges over the entire Gallery.

    This issue has been addressed in Gallery 1.5.1-RC2.

    13. Novell eDirectory Server iMonitor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14548
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-11
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14548
    Summary:
    The Novell eDirectory Server iMonitor is prone to a buffer overflow.
    Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution with Local System
    privileges.

    eDirectory 8.7.3 iMonitor is vulnerable to this issue. Earlier versions may
    also be affected.

    14. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14549
    Remote: No
    Date Published: 2005-08-11
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14549
    Summary:
    Network Associates McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is susceptible to a local
    information disclosure vulnerability. This issue is due to incorrectly
    configured directory permissions in the default installation process of the
    application.

    This vulnerability allows local attackers to access arbitrary files located in
    the same partition as the affected directory with SYSTEM privileges. This will
    aid them in further attacks.

    15. Veritas Backup Exec For Windows And NetWare Arbitrary File Download
    Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14551
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-12
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14551
    Summary:
    Veritas Backup Exec for Windows Servers, Veritas Backup Exec for NetWare
    Servers, NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option, and Remote Agents for
    Windows, Unix/Linux, and NetWare servers are prone to a vulnerability regarding
    the unauthorized downloading of arbitrary files.
    A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to download arbitrary files,
    aiding them in further attack.

    A Metasploit Framework exploit is available and there are reports of this
    vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild.

    16. PHPBB BBCode IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14555
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-12
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14555
    Summary:
    phpBB is prone to a script injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a
    failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input in bbcode
    '[IMG]' tags included in a user signature.

    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could permit the injection of
    arbitrary HTML or script code into the browser of an unsuspecting user in the
    context of the affected site.
    This issue is reported to affect phpBB version 2.0.17; earlier versions may
    also be vulnerable.
    17. FUDForum Tree View Access Validation Vulnerability
    BugTraq ID: 14556
    Remote: Yes
    Date Published: 2005-08-12
    Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14556
    Summary:
    FUDforum is prone to an access validation vulnerability. This issue is due to
    a failure in the application to perform proper access validation before
    granting access to private forums.

    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain posts from private forums.
    This may result in a loss of confidentiality. Information obtained may also be
    used in further attacks.

    This issue is reported to affect FUDforum version 2.6.15; earlier versions may
    also be vulnerable.

    It should be noted this issue is only possible if the 'Tree View' feature is
    enabled.

    III. MICROSOFT FOCUS LIST SUMMARY
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    1. SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #251
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/88/407760

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