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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                          ESB-2007.0215 -- [Win]
    Microsoft out of cycle patch fixes multiple vulnerabilities in GDI
                               4 April 2007

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              GDI
Publisher:            Microsoft
Operating System:     Windows Vista
                      Windows Server 2003
                      Windows XP
                      Windows 2000
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
                      Increased Privileges
                      Denial of Service
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2006-5586 CVE-2006-5758 CVE-2007-1211
                      CVE-2007-1212 CVE-2007-1213 CVE-2007-1215

Ref:                  AU-2007.0038
                      AU-2007.0012
                      AU-2007.0011
                      AU-2007.0010

Original Bulletin:    
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-017.mspx

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OVERVIEW:

        Microsoft have released an out-of-cycle patch fixing multiple 
        vulnerabilities including the recently disclosed animated cursor
        parsing vulnerability [1][2].

        
IMPACT: 

        Several potential impacts are possible depending on the vulnerability 
        being exploited these include arbitrary code execution, denial of 
        service or privilege escalation on vulnerable systems.

        Systems most likely to be affected by these vulnerabilities are 
        workstations and terminal servers.


MITIGATION:

        Apply the patches available from Microsoft [1].


REFERENCES:

        [1] Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017
            http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-017.mspx

	[2] AusCERT Alert AL-2007.0038
            http://www.auscert.org.au/7431


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