Cisco Event Response: Microsoft Security Bulletin Release for April 2009

April 14, 2009

Microsoft published its monthly security bulletin release on April 14, 2009. Eight bulletins were released that address 21 individual vulnerabilities. Of the eight bulletins, Microsoft has scored five with a maximum severity rating of Critical, two with a rating of Important, and one with a rating of Moderate.  These bulletins address vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows operating system, Microsoft ISA Server, and the Microsoft Office Suite of applications.


Event Intelligence

The following table identifies Cisco Security Intelligence Operation content and Cisco mitigation information that is associated with this Microsoft release:

Microsoft Security Bulletin Cisco IntelliShield Alert CVE ID
Search CVEs
Cisco Mitigations CVSS
Base Score
CVSS Q&A

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-009

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Cause Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Office Excel Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0100
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16414-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Office Excel Invalid Object Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0238
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signatures 16413-0 and 15733-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-010

Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Windows WordPad Text Converter File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2008-4841
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16514-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Office and Wordpad Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2009-0087
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16373-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Office Word WordPerfect Text Converter Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0088
Cisco Security Agent, Cisco NAC Appliance, Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16433-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0235
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16475-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-011

Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft DirectX DirectShow MJPEG Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0084
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16513-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-012

Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

Microsoft Windows Token Kidnapping Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2008-1436
6.8
Microsoft Windows WMI Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2009-0078
6.8
Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2009-0079
6.8
Microsoft Windows ThreadPool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2009-0080
6.8

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-013

Vulnerabilities in Windows HTTP Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Windows HTTP Services Integer Underflow Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0086
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signatures 12693-0 and 5245-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Validation Spoofing Vulnerability CVE-2009-0089
9.3
Microsoft Windows HTTP Services User Account Credentials Reflection Vulnerability CVE-2009-0550
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signatures 16476-0, 16476-1, 16476-2, 16476-3, and 16476-4, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-014

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

Microsoft Windows HTTP Services User Account Credentials Reflection Vulnerability CVE-2009-0550
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signatures 16476-0, 16476-1, 16476-2, 16476-3, and 16476-4, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer Page Transition Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2009-0551
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16415-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2009-0552
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16416-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Access Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2009-0553
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16473-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
9.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Object Access Vulnerability CVE-2009-0554
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16474-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
 
Apple Safari for Windows Desktop Executable Handling Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2008-2540
9.3

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-015

Blended Threat Vulnerability in SearchPath Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

Apple Safari for Windows Desktop Executable Handling Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2008-2540
9.3

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-016

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Medium Business Edition) Could Cause Denial of Service

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2009-0077

Cisco ACE Application Control Engine, Cisco ASA, PIX, and FWSM Firewalls
5.0
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVE-2009-0237
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Signature 16494-0, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System
6.8


Cisco Security Intelligence Operations

Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletins provide identification and mitigation techniques that administrators can deploy on Cisco network devices. Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) signatures, Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System Incidents, Cisco ACE Application Control Engine, and firewall inspection are among the techniques discussed in the bulletins.

Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin: Microsoft Security Bulletin Release for April 2009

Security Intelligence Best Practices help organizations secure business applications and processes by identifying, preventing, and adapting to threats. DNS Best Practices, Network Protections, and Attack Identification (MS09-013: CVE-2009-0089) will provide operators and administrators with knowledge about the Domain Name System (DNS) and its role and operations, along with implementation flaws in the protocol and best practices, network protections, and attack identification techniques that can be used to secure it. Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin: Understanding Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Threat Vectors (MS09-016: CVE-2009-0237) will provide operators and administrators with knowledge about XSS attack vectors  as well as techniques which can be used to mitigate the effects of XSS attacks.


Impact on Cisco Products

Impact Assessment of March 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins on Cisco Contact Center and Self Service Products
Impact Assessments for Cisco Contact Center and Self Service Products evaluate Microsoft security bulletins and associated software updates for potential impact to Cisco Contact Center products. For each respective Microsoft Security Bulletin, a Microsoft update is assigned one of three categorical ratings: Impacting, Deferred, or Not Applicable.

Cisco IP Telephony Operating System, SQL Server, Security Updates
This document contains information on software updates for tracking Cisco-supported operating system, SQL Server, and security files that are available for web download. These updates support all versions of Cisco Unified CallManager, Cisco Conference Connection, Cisco Personal Assistant, Cisco IP Interactive Voice Response, and Cisco IP Call Center Express, Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Customer Voice Portal, and Cisco MeetingPlace. This document does not support Cisco Unity or servers where Cisco Unity is installed.