Microsoft Windows Image Processing Vulnerabilities

• Microsoft Windows

Microsoft has released updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Windows.

Solution

Apply Update

Microsoft has released security updates for Windows. To obtain the updates, visit the Microsoft Update web site.
US-CERT also recommends enabling
Automatic Updates.

The Microsoft Security Bulletin for November 2005 addresses vulnerabilities in the way Microsoft Windows processes image files. By tricking you into viewing maliciously
altered image files, such as pictures on web sites or in email messages, an attacker may crash or take over your computer.

For more technical information, see US-CERT
Technical Alert TA05-312A.

References

• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-053 - <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-053.mspx>
• Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2005 - <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-nov.mspx>
• US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#300549 - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300549>
• US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#433341 - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433341>
• Microsoft Update - <https://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate>

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Revision History

• November 8, 2005: Initial release
  
  May 12, 2006: Corrected production statement
  

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