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Microsoft Word Smart Tag Invalid Length Processing Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA30975

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Release Date:

2008-07-09

Last Update:

2008-08-12

Popularity:

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Critical:

Extremely critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

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 Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003

Binary Analysis:

BA515 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Solution:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=c7146dfc-e1be-4d13-877b-1d9bcacc4a64

Microsoft Word 2003 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=13a37b76-9fec-426f-8176-3c95f934efe0

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=13a37b76-9fec-426f-8176-3c95f934efe0

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported as a 0-day.

Changelog:
2008-08-12: Added additional details. Updated "Solution" section. Added Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Word 2003 as affected.

Original Advisory:
MS08-042 (KB955048):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-042.mspx

Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx

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