St. Bernard Software Technical Advisory: Critical Windows Vulnerability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004 St. Bernard Software St. Bernard Software is an American content filtering company. It produces several hardware appliances for this purpose including the ePrism, and iPrism line. In addition also makes Liveprism, a SaS filtering solution. External Links
The patches, MS04-006 and MS04-007, protect systems from critical vulnerabilities that could open their networks to attacks. MS04-007 is the most critical patch, which fixes a security flaw that could allow hackers to take complete control of a compromised system to install malicious programs, modify or delete data or create new administrative accounts. The MS04-007 patch corrects an unchecked buffer The lack of validity checking of the data that is written into a program buffer. Buffers are reserved areas in the program (in memory) that accept data from external sources. Unchecked buffers can cause all kinds of errors and erratic behavior. in Microsoft's Abstract Syntax Notation One In telecommunications and computer networking, Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is a standard and flexible notation that describes data structures for representing, encoding, transmitting, and decoding data. (ASN (1) (Autonomous System Number) A unique identifier of an autonomous system on the Internet. Of the 65 thousand ASNs available, more than 30 thousand have been assigned to ISPs and NSPs. ISPs usually have only one ASN, but NSPs may have more than one. .1) Library, which provides a generic way of representing data across different applications, according to Microsoft. The MS04-006 patch fixes vulnerability in the Windows Internet Naming Service (networking) Windows Internet Naming Service - (WINS) Software which resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses. (WINS), which could allow the launching of denial-of-service attacks on Windows 2003 servers, according to Microsoft. The patches affect the following software. Please refer to the Microsoft Security Bulletins for further information. Affected Software for MS04-006 Microsoft Windows NT(R) Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 Affected Software for MS04-007 Microsoft Windows NT(R) Workstation 4.0 Service Pack 6a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Microsoft 2000 Windows Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003 Information about this and other Microsoft patches was made available to subscribers of St. Bernard St. Bernard a very large (110-200 lb) dog with massive, broad head, medium-sized ears lying close to the head, and a long tail. There are two varieties, the most familiar (rough) has a long, thick coat, while the smooth variety has a shorter coat, lying close to the body. Software's free, global opt-in email service, which alerts the public to the very latest Microsoft(R) security patches and critical updates as they become available. Instructions for the free subscription to the opt-in "Patch Update" email are available at http://www.stbernard.com/products/support/updateexpert/ support_updateexpert-listserv.asp. (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) Additionally, St. Bernard Software has created a new Web page that allows subscribers to view the status of the most recently announced patches added to its UpdateEXPERT patch management solution database. The Patch Update Web page can be accessed at http://www.stbernard.com/uepatches/. About St. Bernard Software Inc. St. Bernard Software Inc. is a global provider of security solutions that protect against data loss, system threats and Internet abuse. Through its products and services, St. Bernard Software helps companies protect their bottom line by securing networks against major risks before they happen. The company's products include Open File Manager, which captures open and in use files that would otherwise be skipped during the backup process; UpdateEXPERT, which solves system and application security problems by keeping software patch levels current; iPrism, an Internet access management appliance solution that monitors, filters and reports on inappropriate Internet usage and helps organizations enforce an Internet Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP See acceptable use policy. AUP - acceptable use policy ) and ePrism, a dedicated mail filter appliance that provides a total spam management solution. Founded in 1995, St. Bernard Software is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation with corporate headquarters in San Diego and an international office in London. Ranked by Software Magazine as one of the world's 500 largest suppliers of software and services, St. Bernard Software's award-winning products are sold and supported through key solution partners worldwide. For more information call 1-800-782-3762 or visit http://www.stbernard.com. (C) 2004 St. Bernard Software. All rights reserved. The St. Bernard Software logo and Open File Manager are trademarks of St. Bernard Software Inc. UpdateEXPERT is a registered trademark of St. Bernard Software Inc. iPrism is a registered trademark of Internet Products Inc. Internet Products is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of St. Bernard Software Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are hereby acknowledged. |
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