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Restart issues after installing MS10-015

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Hi everyone, I am writing to let you know that we are aware that after installing the February security updates a limited number of users are experiencing issues restarting their computers. Our initial analysis suggests that the issue occurs after installing MS10-015 (KB977165). However, we have not confirmed that the issue is specific to MS10-015 or if it is an interoperability problem with another component or third-party software.

Details on the New TLS Advisory

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Security Advisory 977377: Vulnerability in TLS Could Allow Spoofing In August of 2009, researchers at PhoneFactor discovered a vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. As the issue is present in the actual TLS/SSL-standard, not only our implementation, Microsoft is working together with ICASI, the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet to address this vulnerability.

Security Advisory 979352 Released

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Based upon our investigations, we have determined that Internet Explorer was one of the vectors used in targeted and sophisticated attacks against Google and possibly other corporate networks. Today, Microsoft issued guidance to help customers mitigate a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Additionally, we are cooperating with Google and other companies, as well as authorities and other industry partners.

MS10-001: Font file decompression vulnerability

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

MS10-001 addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2010-0018 ) in the LZCOMP de-compressor for Microtype Express Fonts. This blog aims to answer some questions regarding the updates we’ve made in this area. What is the issue? t2embed.dll improperly performs bounds-checking on lengths which are decoded from the LZCOMP bit-stream. This made it possible for a copy loop to violate the intended working buffer.

Microsoft Security Advisory 977544 Released

Friday, November 13, 2009

Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 are not affected.

MS09-054: Extra info on the attack surface for the IE security bulletin

Monday, October 12, 2009

MS09-054 addresses an IE vulnerability (CVE-2009-2529), which was discovered and presented by Mark Dowd, Ryan Smith, and David Dewey at the BlackHat conference in July. First we’d like to make it clear that any customers that have applied the update associated with MS09-054 are protected, regardless of the attack vector. And most customers need not take any action as they’ll receive this update automatically through Automatic Updates.

MS09-061: More information about the .NET security bulletin

Monday, October 12, 2009

MS09-061 fixes vulnerabilities in the .NET Framework which could allow malicious .NET applications execute arbitrary native code, resulting in remote code execution. This post is intended to help clarify the attack vectors for these vulnerabilities, and to cover recommended workarounds. **Important note: **These vulnerabilities in the .NET framework do not affect applications built on the .

Update on the SMB vulnerability situation

Friday, September 18, 2009

We’d like to give everyone an update on the situation surrounding the new Microsoft Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2) vulnerability affecting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Easy way to disable SMBv2 First exploit for code execution released to small number of companies Mitigations that help prevent attacks Status of fixes Easy way to disable SMBv2

MS09-036: ASP.NET Denial-of-Service vulnerability

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

We have released MS09-036 to address an anonymous denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in ASP.NET. We’d like to go into more detail in this blog to help you understand: Which configurations are at risk? What could happen if my configuration is impacted? How can I protect myself? Which configurations are at risk?

Internet Explorer Mitigations for ATL Data Stream Vulnerabilities

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

IE security update MS09-034 implements two defense-in-depth measures intended to mitigate the threat of attacks which attempt to exploit the Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) vulnerabilities described in Security Advisory 973882 and MS09-034. We would like to explain these mitigations in more detail. ATL persisted data checks The first mitigation is a change to modify how ATL-based controls read persisted data by detecting specific call patterns that are problematic.