Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update 2013-02-12

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Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update

Synopsis:
The Sourcefire VRT is aware of vulnerabilities affecting products from
Microsoft Corporation.

Details:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-009:
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains programming errors that may allow
a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in
this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 25769 through 25778,
25784 through 25789 and 25792 through 25794.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-010:
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a programming error that may allow
a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system via a Vector
Markup Language (VML) object.

A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in
this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 25773.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-011:
Microsoft Windows DirectShow contains a programming error that may
allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.

Rules to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability are included in
this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 25795 and 25796.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-018:
The Microsoft Windows networking stack contains a programming error
that may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS)
against a vulnerable system.

A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in
this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 25774.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-020:
The Microsoft Office ActiveX control contains a programming error that
may allow a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system.

Previously released rules will detect attacks targeting this
vulnerability and are included in this release with updated reference
information. They are identified with GID 1, SIDs 23844, 23845 and
24006.

Additionally, the Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules
in the blacklist, browser-firefox, browser-ie, browser-webkit,
exploit-kit, file-executable, file-flash, file-identify, file-image,
file-multimedia, file-office, file-other, file-pdf,
indicator-obfuscation, indicator-shellcode, malware-cnc, malware-other,
os-windows, server-mail, server-mssql and server-webapp rule sets to
provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.

For a complete list of new and modified rules please see:

http://www.snort.org/vrt/docs/ruleset_changelogs/changes-2013-02-12.html
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