Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June, 2005

Issued: June 14, 2005
Update: July 12 , 2005
Version Number: 2.0

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Summary

Included in this advisory are updates for newly discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, broken down by severity are:

Critical (3)

Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-025

Bulletin Title

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (883939)

Executive Summary

Vulnerabilities exist in Internet Explorer, the most sever of these could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system.

Maximum Severity Rating

Critical

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Windows, Internet Explorer. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-026

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Remote Code Execution (896358)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in HTML Help that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system.

Maximum Severity Rating

Critical

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-027

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (896422)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in Windows that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system.

Maximum Severity Rating

Critical

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Important (4)

Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-028

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in Web Client Service May Allow Remote Code Execution (896426)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in the Windows Web Client Service that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability.

Maximum Severity Rating

Important

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-029

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 5.5 Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting Attacks (895179)

Executive Summary

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Outlook Web Access for Microsoft Exchange that could allow an attacker to run a malicious script in Outlook Web Access.

Maximum Severity Rating

Important

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Exchange. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-030

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in Outlook Express Could Allow Remote Code Execution (897715)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in Outlook Express that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability and an attacker would need to persuade a user to connect to their News (NNTP) server.

Maximum Severity Rating

Important

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-031

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Interactive Training Could Allow Remote Code Execution (898458)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in Windows that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. Microsoft Windows Interactive Training is not installed by default.

Maximum Severity Rating

Important

Impact of Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution

Affected Software

Windows, Interactive Training. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Moderate (3)

Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-032

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent Could Allow Spoofing (890046)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Agent that could enable an attacker to spoof trusted Internet content. An attacker first have to persuade a user to visit the attacker’s site to attempt to exploit this vulnerability.

Maximum Severity Rating

Moderate

Impact of Vulnerability

Spoofing

Affected Software

Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-033

Bulletin Title

Vulnerability in Telnet Client Could Allow Information Disclosure (896428)

Executive Summary

A vulnerability exists in the Windows Telnet Client that could enable an attacker to retrieve unpredictable information from a system. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability and an attacker would need to persuade a user to connect to their Telnet server.

Maximum Severity Rating

Moderate

Impact of Vulnerability

Information Disclosure

Affected Software

Windowsand Services for Unix. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Bulletin IdentifierMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS05-034

Bulletin Title

Cumulative Security Update for ISA Server 2000 (899753)

Executive Summary

Vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft ISA Server 2000 that could allow circumvention of a packet filter and enable an attacker to retrieve unpredictable information from an ISA Server’s cache or from a system behind the ISA server .

Maximum Severity Rating

Moderate

Impact of Vulnerability

Elevation of Privilege

Affected Software

ISA Server. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.


Affected Software and Download Locations

How do I use this table?

You use this table to learn about the security updates that you may need to install. You should review each software program or component listed to see if there are required security updates. If a software program or component is listed then the impact of the vulnerability is listed and also hyperlinked to the available software update.

In the table, a number in brackets [x] indicates that there is a note that explains more about the issue. These notes are located at the bottom of the table.

Affected Software and Download Locations for MS05-025 through MS05-029
 Details        Details        Details        Details        Details        

Bulletin Identifier

MS05-025

MS05-026

MS05-027

MS05-028

MS05-029

Maximum Severity Rating

Critical

Critical

Critical

Important

Important

 

Windows Affected Software:

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server 2003

[1]

Critical

Critical

Moderate

 

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

[1]

Important

Critical

 

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems

[1]

Critical

Critical

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based Systems

 

Important

Critical

 

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

[1]

Important

Critical

 

 

Windows XP Service Pack 1

[1]

Critical

Critical

Important

 

Windows XP Service Pack 2

[1]

Critical

Critical

 

 

Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)

[1]

Critical

Critical

Important

 

Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)

[1]

Critical

Critical

Important

 

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

[1]

Important

Critical

 

 

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

[1]

Critical

Critical

 

 

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

[1]

Critical

Critical

 

 

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

[3]

[3]

 

 

 

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

[3]

[3]

 

 

 

Windows 98

[3]

[3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Affected Operating System Components:

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 3 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

[3]

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, or on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 98, on Microsoft Windows 98 SE, or on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

[3]

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems

Critical

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Critical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange Affected Software:

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange 5.5 Service Pack 4

 

 

 

 

Important

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affected Software and Download Locations for MS05-030 through MS05-034
 Details        Details        Details        Details        Details        

Bulletin Identifier

MS05-030

MS05-031

MS05-032

MS05-033

MS05-034

Maximum Severity Rating

Important

Important

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

 

Windows Affected Software:

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server 2003

[1]

[1]

Low

Moderate

 

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

 

[1]

Low

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems

[1]

[1]

Low

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based Systems

 

[1]

Low

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

 

[1]

Low

Moderate

 

Windows XP Service Pack 1

[1]

[1]

Moderate

Moderate

 

Windows XP Service Pack 2

 

[1]

Moderate

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)

[1]

[1]

Moderate

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)

[1]

[1]

Moderate

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

 

[1]

Moderate

Moderate

 

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3

 [1]

[1]

Moderate

 

 

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

[1] 

[1]

Moderate

 

 

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

[2]

[2]

[2]

 

 

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

[2]

[2]

[2]

 

 

Windows 98

[2]

[2]

[2]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Affected Operating System Components:

 

 

 

 

 

Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Important

 

 

 

 

Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, or on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1

Important

 

 

 

 

Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)

Important

 

 

 

 

Outlook Express 6 for Windows Server 2003

Important

 

 

 

 

Outlook Express 6 for Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)

Important

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems

Important

 

 

 

 

Step-by-Step Interactive Training

 

Important

 

 

 

Step-by-Step Interactive Training on Itanium Systems

 

Important

 

 

 

Step-by-Step Interactive Training on x64 Systems

 

Important

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Affected Microsoft Software:

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 2.0

 

 

 

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 2.1

 

 

 

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 2.2

 

 

 

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.0

 

 

 

Moderate

 

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

 

 

 

Moderate

 

ISA Server 2000 Service Pack 2

 

 

 

 

Moderate

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1] There is a security update available for this operating system. See the affected component, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Step-by-Step Interactive Training, or Outlook Express in the table and the appropriate security bulletin for more details.

[2] This operating system is vulnerable to this issue. However, it is not critically affected. Security updates for non-critical issues are typically not offered on this operating system. For more information about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policies for this operating system, visit the following Web site. See the appropriate security bulletin for more details.

[3] Critical security updates for these platforms are available and are provided as part of this security bulletin and can be downloaded from the Windows Update Web site.

Deployment

Software Update Services:

By using Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS), administrators can quickly and reliably deploy the latest critical updates and security updates to Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003-based servers, and to desktop systems that are running Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional.

For more information about how to deploy this security update with Software Update Services, visit the Software Update Services Web site.

Systems Management Server:

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) delivers a highly-configurable enterprise solution for managing updates. By using SMS, administrators can identify Windows-based systems that require security updates and to perform controlled deployment of these updates throughout the enterprise with minimal disruption to end users. For more information about how administrators can use SMS 2003 to deploy security updates, see the SMS 2003 Security Patch Management Web site. SMS 2.0 users can also use Software Updates Service Feature Pack to help deploy security updates. For information about SMS, visit the SMS Web site.

Note SMS uses the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Microsoft Office Detection Tool to provide broad support for security bulletin update detection and deployment. Some software updates may not be detected by these tools. Administrators can use the inventory capabilities of the SMS in these cases to target updates to specific systems. For more information about this procedure, see the following Web site. Some security updates require administrative rights following a restart of the system. Administrators can use the Elevated Rights Deployment Tool (available in the SMS 2003 Administration Feature Pack and in the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack) to install these updates.

QChain.exe and Update.exe:

Microsoft has released a command-line tool named QChain.exe that gives system administrators the ability to safely chain security updates together. Chaining is when you install multiple updates without restarting between each install. Update.exe, used in the updates that are described in this advisory, has chaining functionality built in. Customers who use Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later, who use Windows XP, or who use Windows Server 2003, do not require Qchain.exe to chain these updates. Qchain.exe still supports chaining these Windows Updates so that an administrator can create a consistent deployment script across all platforms. For more information about Qchain, visit this Web site.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer:

The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer Web site.

Other information:

Acknowledgments

Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:

Mark Dowd of ISS X-Force for reporting an issue described in MS05-025.

Mark Litchfield of Next Generation Security Software Ltd. for reporting an issue described in MS05-025.

Thor Larholm of PivX Solutions, Inc. for reporting an issue described in MS05-025.

The UK National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) for reporting issues described in MS05-025.

Peter Winter-Smith of Next Generation Security Software Ltd. for reporting an issue described in MS05-026.

eEye Digital Security for reporting an issue described in MS05-026.

Qualys for reporting an issue described in MS05-027.

Mark Litchfield of Next Generation Security Software Ltd. for reporting an issue described in MS05-028.

Gaël Delalleau working with iDEFENSE for reporting an issue described in MS05-029 and MS05-033.

iDEFENSE for reporting issues described in MS05-030, MS05-031, and MS05-033 .

Michael Krax for reporting an issue described in MS05-032.

Steve Orrin of Watchfire for reporting an issue described in MS05-034.

Han Valk for reporting an issue described in MS05-034.

Brett Moore of Security-Assessment.com for reporting an issue described in MS05-031.

Obtaining Other Security Updates:

Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:

Security updates are available from the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security_patch".

Updates for consumer platforms are available from the Windows Update Web site.

Support:

Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates.

International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit the International Support Web site.

Security Resources:

The Microsoft TechNet Security Web site provides additional information about security in Microsoft products.

Microsoft Software Update Services

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

Windows Update

Windows Update Catalog: For more information about the Windows Update Catalog, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 323166.

Office Update 

Disclaimer:

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Revisions:

V1.0 (June 14, 2005): Bulletin published

V1.1 (June 15, 2005): Bulletin Summary “Acknowledgments” section revised with additional details.

V1.2 (June 27, 2005): Affected Software and Download Locations section updated. The Windows Server 2003 versions’ ratings were changed to Moderate as was originally documented in MS05-033.

V2.0 (July 12, 2005): ): Bulletin revised to communicate the availability of security updates for Services for UNIX 2.0 and Services for UNIX 2.1.

V2.1 (August 9, 2005): ): Bulletin revised to reflect that MS05-030 is not a cumulative update.


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