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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2009.1405
         Vulnerabilities in Windows CryptoAPI Could Allow Spoofing
                              14 October 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Microsoft Windows
Publisher:         Microsoft
Operating System:  Windows 2000
                   Windows XP
                   Windows Server 2003
                   Windows Vista
                   Windows Server 2008
                   Windows 7
Impact/Access:     Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-2511 CVE-2009-2510 

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-056.mspx

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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-056 - Important

Vulnerabilities in Windows CryptoAPI Could Allow Spoofing (974571)

Published: October 13, 2009

Version: 1.0

General Information

Executive Summary

  This security update resolves two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in 
  Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow spoofing if an attacker 
  gains access to the certificate used by the end user for authentication.

  This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of 
  Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, 
  Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. For more information, see the subsection, 
  Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.

  The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by modifying the CryptoAPI 
  to reject certificate names that contain null terminators, and to correctly 
  validate ASN.1 object identifiers. 

  Recommendation. The majority of customers have automatic updating enabled and
  will not need to take any action because this security update will be 
  downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled 
  automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update 
  manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic 
  updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.

  For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to 
  install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers 
  apply the update at the earliest opportunity using update management 
  software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.

  Known Issues. None

Affected Software

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3

  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2

  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

  Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2

  Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems

  Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2

  Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and 
  Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2

  Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit 
  Systems Service Pack 2 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation
  affected)

  Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 
  x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core 
  installation affected)

  Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 
  Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2

  Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems

  Windows 7 for x64-based Systems

  Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Windows Server 2008 R2 Server 
  Core installation affected)

  Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

Vulnerability Information

Null Truncation in X.509 Common Name Vulnerability - CVE-2009-2510

  A spoofing vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI component 
  when parsing ASN.1 information from X.509 certificates. An attacker who 
  successfully exploited this vulnerability could impersonate another user or 
  system.

Integer Overflow in X.509 Object Identifiers Vulnerability - CVE-2009-2511

  A spoofing vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI component 
  when parsing ASN.1 object identifiers from X.509 certificates. An attacker 
  who successfully exploited this vulnerability could impersonate another user 
  or system.

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