Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 @ 02:29:11 CDT in Security
by Raven
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA22333
VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/22333/
CRITICAL: Highly critical
IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information, System access
WHERE: >From remote
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft XML Parser 2.x - http://secunia.com/product/12261/
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.x - http://secunia.com/product/12262/
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.x - http://secunia.com/product/6473/
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 4.x - http://secunia.com/product/6472/
DESCRIPTION: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft XML Core Services, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain information and compromise a vulnerable system.
1) An unspecified error exists in the XMLHTTP ActiveX control when interpreting a HTTP server-side redirect. This can be exploited to disclose certain information e.g. via a specially crafted web page.
2) A boundary error exists in the XSLT processing in MSXML. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted web page and allows execution of arbitrary code.
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