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McAfee Announces Protection From New Microsoft Vulnerabilities
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2005-06-15
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McAfee announced that it provides protection for the vulnerabilities announced by Microsoft Corporation yesterday.
These vulnerabilities have been reviewed by McAfee AVERT (Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team) security research teams at McAfee, Inc., and based on its findings, McAfee AVERT recommends that users confirm the Microsoft product versioning outlined in the bulletin and update as recommended by Microsoft and McAfee, Inc.
This includes deploying solutions to ensure protection against the exploits outlined in this advisory.
Microsoft Vulnerability Overview
MS05-025 -- Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (883939)
MS05-026 -- Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Remote Code Execution (896358)
MS05-027 -- Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (896422)
MS05-028 -- Vulnerability in Web Client Service May Allow Remote Code Execution (896426)
MS05-029 -- Vulnerability in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 5.5 Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting Attacks (895179)
MS05-030 -- Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (897715)
MS05-031 -- Vulnerability in Step-by-Step Interactive Training Could Allow Remote Code Execution (898458)
MS05-032 -- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent Could Allow Spoofing (890046)
MS05-033 -- Vulnerability in Telnet Client Could Allow Information Disclosure (896428)
MS05-034 -- Cumulative Security Update for ISA Server 2000 (899753)
Scope of Potential Compromise
The 10 new bulletins cover 12 vulnerabilities in total and range in scope from a vulnerability in HTML Help that, if exploited, could allow an attacker to take complete control of the affected system, to a vulnerability in Microsoft Agent that could enable an attacker to spoof trusted Internet content.
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