Tuesday, March 8, 2011

VRT Rule Update for 03/08/2011

Just released, is a rule release for today from the VRT. In this release we introduce 49 new rules and make modifications to 28 more.

In VRT's rule release:
Details:

Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-015:
Microsoft Windows Media Player contains a programming error that may
allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included in
this release and are identified with GID 3, SIDs 18496, 18497 and
18498.

Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-016:
Microsoft Office Groove contains a programming error that may allow a
remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included in
this release and are identified with GID 3, SIDs 18499 and 18500.

Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-017:
Microsoft Remote Desktop Client contains a programming error that may
allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included in
this release and are identified with GID 3, SIDs 18494 and 18495.

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