Media Alert - BindView RAZOR Team Issues RapidFire Update for New Microsoft MS03-051 Vulnerability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 WHAT BindView Now part of Symantec Corporation, BindView Development Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW) was founded in 1990 by Eric Pulaski - who remained as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer up until the acquisition by Symantec in December 2005. Corp. (Nasdaq:BVEW BVEW Binary View ) announced today that its RAZOR Rapid Response Team has created security checks for a newly identified critical vulnerability. This new vulnerability affects Windows 2000 and Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Identified as MS03-051, this buffer overflow A common cause of malfunctioning software. If the amount of data written into a buffer exceeds the size of the buffer, the additional data will be written into adjacent areas, which could be buffers, constants, flags or variables. in Front Page Server extensions allows attackers to gain full access to the vulnerable systems. BindView customers running Vulnerability Management solutions that include bv-Control for Windows and bv-Control for Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. can take immediate protective action. BindView's RapidFire Update service provides customers with immediate access to the update via automatic distribution, or customers can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the new updates over the Web at http://www.bindview.com/Advisories/ADV_MSFT-111203.cfm WHO IS AT RISK Organizations with sites running Windows 2000 - prior to Service Pack 4 - and Windows XP with Front Page Server Extensions 2000 or 2002 or SharePoint Team Services 2000 installed are vulnerable. These software packages are either present by default or are installed with commonly used applications such as Office XP. Web Servers that have these extensions installed are vulnerable to any attacker who can access Port 80, the typically accessible http port. BindView has created vulnerability checks for bv-Control for Windows and bv-Control for Internet Security to assist customers in locating at-risk systems. Once these systems are identified, the Microsoft patches should be installed as quickly as possible. COMMENTARY ON THE MS03-051 VULNERABILITY BindView RAZOR Team experts are available to discuss these new vulnerabilities and share further insight into organizations most at risk, potential outcomes of an attack, as well as additional ways to secure enterprise IT infrastructures. Experts can also discuss the growing number of system vulnerabilities that have been identified in the past several months. |
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