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Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid Container Object Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA22394
Release Date: 2006-10-13
Last Update: 2006-11-11
Popularity: 24,544 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Powerpoint 2003

Binary Analysis: BA3 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
Do not open untrusted Office documents.

The vendor reports that a fix is available and will be included in the next update for PowerPoint.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Nanika

Changelog:
2006-10-27: Added CVE reference.
2006-11-11: Updated advisory with additional information from Microsoft and based on internal research.

Original Advisory:
Microsoft:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive...ed-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive...ed-for-ms-office-2003-powerpoint.aspx

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