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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0193 -- [Win][OSX]
Microsoft Security Bulletin for March 2006
15 March 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2003 for Windows and prior
Microsoft Works Suite 2006 and prior
Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Excel X for Mac
Microsoft Office XP Multilingual User Interface Packs
Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Packs
Publisher: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS X
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Increased Privileges
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2005-4131 CVE-2006-0009 CVE-2006-0023
CVE-2006-0028 CVE-2006-0029 CVE-2006-0030
CVE-2006-0031
Ref: AA-2006.0013
Original Bulletin: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=63209
Comment: For MS06-011 to mitigate the threat of this vulnerability being
remotely exploited, Microsoft Office file format attachments should
be quarantined at the mail gateway.
To mitigate the threat of this vulnerability being locally exploited,
administrators should ensure that users do not operate using
accounts that are members of the administrators or power users groups.
For MS06-012, Terminal servers and Workstations are most at risk of
being exploited by an authenticated user to gain increased privileges.
This vulnerability is trivial to exploit.
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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2006
Issued: March 14, 2006
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=63209
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Summary:
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This advisory contains information about all security updates
released this month. It is broken down by security bulletin severity.
Critical Security Bulletins
===========================
MS06-012 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (905413)
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Word 2000
- Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Outlook 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Packs
- Microsoft Word 2002
- Microsoft Excel 2002
- Microsoft Outlook 2002
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
- Microsoft Office XP Multilingual User Interface Packs
- Microsoft Excel 2003
- Microsoft Excel 2003 Viewer
- Microsoft Works Suite 2000
- Microsoft Works Suite 2001
- Microsoft Works Suite 2002
- Microsoft Works Suite 2003
- Microsoft Works Suite 2004
- Microsoft Works Suite 2005
- Microsoft Works Suite 2006
- Microsoft Excel X for Mac
- Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Important Security Bulletins
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MS06-011 - Permissive Windows Services DACLs Could Allow Elevation
of Privilege (914798)
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Elevation of Privilege
- Version Number: 1.0
Update Availability:
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Updates are available to address these issues.
For additional information, including Technical Details,
Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions,
and Update Deployment Information please read
the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for this
month at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=63209
Support:
========
Technical support is available from Microsoft Product Support
Services at 1-866-PC SAFETY (1-866-727-2338). There is no
charge for support calls associated with security updates.
International customers can get support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. Phone numbers for international support can be found
at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
Microsoft Support Lifecycle for Business and Developer Software
===============================================================
The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy provides consistent and
predictable guidelines for product support availability at the
time that the product is released. Under this policy, Microsoft
will offer a minimum of ten years of support. This includes five
years of Mainstream Support and five years of Extended Support for
Business and Developer products. Microsoft will continue to provide
security update support, at a supported Service Pack level, for a
minimum of ten years through the Extended support phase. For more
information about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle, visit
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ or contact your Technical
Account Manager.
Additional Resources:
=====================
* Microsoft has created a free monthly e-mail newsletter containing
valuable information to help you protect your network. This
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guidance, useful resources and links, pointers to helpful
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* Join Microsoft's webcast for a live discussion of the technical
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The on-demand version of the webcast will be available 24 hours
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www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx
* Protect your PC: Microsoft has provided information on how you
can help protect your PC at the following locations:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
If you receive an e-mail that claims to be distributing a
Microsoft security update, it is a hoax that may be distributing a
virus. Microsoft does not distribute security updates through
e-mail. You can learn more about Microsoft's software distribution
policies here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/policy/swdist.mspx
Acknowledgments:
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Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect
customers:
- - - Andres Tarasco of SIA Group.
(http://www.siainternational.com/)
for working with Microsoft on the issue described in MS06-011.
- - - Ollie Whitehouse of Symantec.
(http://symantec.com/)
for reporting the issue described in MS06-012.
- - - Peter Winter-Smith of NGS Software.
(http://www.ngssoftware.com)
for reporting the issue described in MS06-012.
- - - Tipping Point and the Zero Day Initiative.
http://www.tippingpoint.com/)(http://www.zerodayinitiative.com)
for reporting the issue described in MS06-012.
- - - Dejun of Fortinet Security Response Team.
(http://www.fortinet.com/)
for reporting the issue described in MS06-012.
- - - Eyas of XFOCUS Security Team.
(http://www.xfocus.org)
for reporting the issue described in MS06-012.
- - - FelicioX.
(feliciox@gmail.com)
for working with Microsoft on the issue described in MS06-012.
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