Sourcefire Delivers Same Day Protection for Microsoft Tuesday Vulnerabilities

Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team Protects Users from Latest Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Open source innovator and SNORT® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in Enterprise Threat Management, announced that the Sourcefire® Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) has delivered rules to protect Sourcefire customers and Snort users from the seven Microsoft vulnerabilities disclosed today. These vulnerabilities impact Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Host Integration Server.

“Through Sourcefire’s recently announced participation in the Microsoft Active Protections Program, we will receive vulnerability information in advance of the monthly security bulletins,” said Matt Watchinski, Senior Director of the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team. “Our participation in this program will enhance the ability of the VRT to deliver timely protection to our customers against new and dynamic threats.”

Following Microsoft’s disclosure earlier today, the Sourcefire VRT created, tested and delivered Snort rules designed to detect attacks targeting the Microsoft vulnerabilities listed below. These new rules are included in the latest Sourcefire Security Enhancement Update (SEU) released today.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-057 – Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058 – Critical vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure or remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-059 – Critical vulnerability in Microsoft Host Integration Server could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted Remote Procedure Call (RPC) request to an affected system.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-060 – Critical vulnerability in implementations of Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 Servers configured to be domain controllers could allow remote code execution if an attacker gains access to an affected network.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-062 – Vulnerability in the Windows Internet Printing Service could allow remote code execution in the context of the current user. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-063 – Vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol could allow remote code execution on a server that is sharing files or folders. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-065 – Vulnerability in the Message Queuing Service (MSMQ) on Microsoft Windows 2000 systems could allow remote code execution on Microsoft Windows 2000 systems with the MSMQ service enabled.

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. 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 40 awards and accolades. 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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