Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update for 03/12/2013, MSTUES

Just released: Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update for 03/12/2013

We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release for today from the VRT. In this release we introduced 66 new rules and made modifications to 371 additional rules.

There were no changes made to the snort.conf in this release.

The VRT would like to thank Avery Tarasov for his work in rule:
26106

In VRT's rule release:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-021:
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains programming errors that may allow
a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in
this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 25775, 26125, 26129,
26130, 26132 through 26138, 26157 through 26162, 26168 and 26169.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-023:
Microsoft Visio contains a programming error that may allow a remote
attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in
this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 26163 and 26164.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-024:
Microsoft SharePoint contains programming errors that may allow a
remote attacker to elevate privileges on a vulnerable system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in
this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 26124, 26131 and 26165
through 26167.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-025:
A vulnerability in Microsoft OneNote may allow a remote attacker to
gain access to sensitive information.

Rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included in
this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 26170 and 26171.

Additionally, the Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, browser-firefox, browser-ie, browser-plugins, browser-webkit, exploit-kit, file-executable, file-flash, file-identify, file-image, file-multimedia, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, indicator-obfuscation, indicator-shellcode, malware-cnc, malware-other, os-linux, os-other, os-windows, policy-other, policy-spam, scada, server-mail, server-oracle and server-webapp rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.


In order to subscribe now to the VRT's newest rule detection functionality, you can subscribe for as low as $29 US dollars a year for personal users, be sure and see our business pricing as well at http://www.snort.org/store. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!