Sourcefire® Delivers Same-Day Protection for Latest Microsoft Vulnerabilities
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team Delivers Protection for Recently Disclosed Microsoft Vulnerabilities
Open source innovator and SNORT® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in network intrusion prevention, today announced that the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) has delivered rules to protect Sourcefire customers and Snort users from three latest Microsoft vulnerabilities announced earlier today. These vulnerabilities impact Microsoft Vista, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Publisher, and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
“Today’s disclosure from Microsoft illustrates the need for companies to take proactive measures against remote code execution vulnerabilities,” said Matt Watchinski, Director of the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team. “The Sourcefire VRT is dedicated to delivering timely coverage for critical Microsoft vulnerabilities, but we also work with Sourcefire customers to ensure they have the tools and infrastructure in place to defend against zero-day exploits—including Sourcefire IPS and NBA technology—to ensure they are protected before these vulnerabilities are actually exploited in the wild.”
Within hours of Microsoft’s latest disclosure at 1pm ET today, the Sourcefire VRT created, tested and delivered Snort rules to protect users from the Microsoft vulnerabilities listed below. These new rules are designed to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities and are included in the latest Sourcefire Security Enhancement Update (SEU) released today.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-038 – Vulnerability found in Microsoft Vista that could allow incoming unsolicited network traffic to access a network interface. An attacker could potentially gather information about the affected host.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-040 – Three vulnerabilities were found related to the Microsoft .NET Framework. Two of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution on client systems with .NET Framework installed, and one could allow information disclosure on web servers running ASP.NET.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-041 – Critical vulnerability found in Microsoft Windows XP could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent specially crafted URL requests to a web page hosted by Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of the affected system.
About the Sourcefire VRT
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activities, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), Snort creator and open source innovator, is a world leader in Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the way Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach – Discover, Determine, Defend – to securing real networks. The Sourcefire 3D System is the first to unify IPS, NBA, NAC and Vulnerability Assessment technologies under the same management console. This ETM approach equips customers with an efficient and effective layered security defense – protecting network assets before, during and after an attack. Through the years, Sourcefire has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media and industry analysts alike – with more than 30 awards and accolades. Recently, Sourcefire was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System Appliances 2H06” report, and the Sourcefire 3D System was named “Best Security Solution” at the 2006 SC Magazine Awards. Today, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and network security intelligence. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit http://www.sourcefire.com.
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