Microsoft Remote DOS Vulnerability Resolved!

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-085 - Important

Vulnerability in SChannel Could Allow Denial of Service (2207566)

Published: October 12, 2010 | Updated: October 18, 2010

Source: Security Focus 

Original Advisory : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-085.mspx

Bugtraq ID:	43780
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2010-3229
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 12 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 19 2010 11:49AM
Credit:	The Mu Test Suite Team
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition X64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition Itanium Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Sp2 Web Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Sp2 Storage Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Sp2 Hpc Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Web Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Storage Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Itanium Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Hpc Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Datacenter Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition - Gold Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta Microsoft Windows 7 XP Mode 0 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 0 Microsoft Windows 7 Starter 0 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 0 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 0 Microsoft Windows 7 for x64-based Systems 0 Microsoft Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems 0 Avaya Aura Conferencing Standard Avaya Aura Conferencing 6.0 Standard

Microsoft Released October 2010 Black Tuesday Summary

On 12th of Oct, Microsoft had released 49 patches to address issues on it Windows platforms including ranging from Microsoft office, Internet Explorer, .NET framework, and including two that fixes the bugs a targeted by the Stuxnet worms. Internet Explorer recorded the most patches which is up to 10 patches followed by Microsoft Word and Excel. Please be noted that eight of the bugs were publicly disclosed before. Microsoft also had released Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) (http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx) to hunt and remove the infamous widely spreading botnet, the Zeus or Zbot (http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2010/10/12/msrt-on-zbot-the-botnet-in-a-box.aspx).

All the patches can be carried out if auto-update is enabled for your Microsoft Windows. As usual, you may want to follow your patching procedures before deploying it to the production environment. Four (4) of the vulnerabilities are rated as Critical, Ten(10) are rated as important affecting the OS and Microsoft Office and Two (2) are rated as moderate affecting the OS :

MS10-071 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2360131)
MS10-075 - Vulnerability in Media Player Network Sharing Service Could Allow Remote
                     Code Execution (2281679)
MS10-076 - Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote
                     Code Execution (982132)
MS10-077 - Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution
                     (2160841)
MS10-072 - Vulnerabilities in SafeHTML Could Allow Information Disclosure (2412048)
MS10-073 - Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of
                     Privilege (981957)
MS10-078 - Vulnerabilities in the OpenType Font (OTF) Format Driver Could Allow
                     Elevation of Privilege (2279986)
MS10-079 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution
                     (2293194)
MS10-080 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
                     (2293211)
MS10-081 - Vulnerability in Windows Common Control Library Could Allow Remote Code
                     Execution (2296011)
MS10-082 - Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution
                     (2378111)
MS10-083 - Vulnerability in COM Validation in Windows Shell and WordPad Could Allow
                     Remote Code Execution (2405882)
MS10-084 - Vulnerability in Windows Local Procedure Call Could Cause Elevation of
                     Privilege (2360937)
MS10-085 - Vulnerability in SChannel Could Allow Denial of Service (2207566)
MS10-074 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Foundation Classes Could Allow Remote Code
                     Execution (2387149)
MS10-086 - Vulnerability in Windows Shared Cluster Disks Could Allow Tampering
                     (2294255)


For more information on these security updates, please refer to the link below:

https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-oct.mspx