TITLE: Microsoft Office Publisher File Parsing Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA28906 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/28906/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: From remote SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office 2000 http://secunia.com/product/24/ Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition http://secunia.com/product/2276/ Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition http://secunia.com/product/2277/ Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition http://secunia.com/product/2275/ Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition http://secunia.com/product/2278/ Microsoft Office XP http://secunia.com/product/23/ Microsoft Publisher 2000 http://secunia.com/product/29/ Microsoft Publisher 2002 http://secunia.com/product/30/ Microsoft Publisher 2003 http://secunia.com/product/10986/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Office Publisher, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An error during processing of application data when loading Publisher (.pub) files to memory can be exploited via a specially crafted Publisher file. 2) An error in the processing of memory index values when loading Publisher files to memory can be exploited via a specially crafted Publisher file. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Apply patches. Microsoft Office Publisher 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D8B085FB-858F-4C7E-96DE-EDFF8F49D62A Microsoft Office Publisher 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1135C63A-6CE7-4051-81BA-BFBBA8D857FB Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7078B952-09F6-4C47-8C05-40667E1F1C3B ORIGINAL ADVISORY: MS08-012 (KB947085): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-012.mspx ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.
