Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Visio, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Visio Two File Processing Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29691
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29691/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Visio 2007
http://secunia.com/product/13229/
Microsoft Visio 2003
http://secunia.com/product/1092/
Microsoft Visio 2002
http://secunia.com/product/1091/
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Office 2007
http://secunia.com/product/13228/
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2278/
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2275/
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2277/
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2276/
DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Visio, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An error when processing object header data can be exploited via a
specially crafted Visio file.
2) An error while validating memory allocations when loading AutoCAD
drawing files can be exploited via a specially crafted .DXF file.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of
arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0056a936-def5-40fa-bcfc-0ab0dd5c3964
Microsoft Visio 2003 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=18af0ce6-99a0-4471-8d26-9700a8a8e631
Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=18af0ce6-99a0-4471-8d26-9700a8a8e631
Microsoft Visio 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0510a1bb-b464-452c-900f-7f4e58ed9c7e
Microsoft Visio 2007 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0510a1bb-b464-452c-900f-7f4e58ed9c7e
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits an anonymous person.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS08-019 (KB949032):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-019.mspx
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