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Microsoft XML Core Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (955218)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-069.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to, - a memory corruption error when parsing malformed XML content. - the way MSXML handles error checks for external document type definitions (DTDs). - an error in the way MSXML handles transfer-encoding headers.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0 Microsoft Windows 2K Service Pack 4 and prior. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.