There were two changes made to the
snort.conf in this release. Since the last of the Shared Object rules have been moved out of the pop3 and sql categories, the following two files are removed from the snort.conf:# include $SO_RULE_PATH/pop3.rules
# include $SO_RULE_PATH/sql.rulesIn VRT's rule release:
Synopsis: The Sourcefire VRT is aware of vulnerabilities affecting products from Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-075:
The Microsoft Windows operating system 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 1, SIDs 20253 and 20254.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-076:
The Microsoft Windows Media Player contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system via the loading of a dynamic-link library from a remote location.
Rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 18496 and 18497.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-077:
The Microsoft Windows operating system contains a vulnerability 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 1, SIDs 20261 and 20269.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-078:
Microsoft Silverlight contains a programming error that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 20255.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-079:
Microsoft Forefront contains programming errors 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 1, SIDs 20256 through 20260 and 20272.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-080:
The Microsoft Windows operating system contains a programming error that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 20270.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-081:
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains multiple vulnerabilities that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 20262 through 20268 and 20273.
Microsoft Security Advisory MS11-082:
The Microsoft Host Integration Server contains a vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) against a vulnerable host.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 20271.
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