Nortel Response to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-045
| Description: |
On Aug 12, 2008, Microsoft released a security update MS08-045 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838). Some Nortel products contain this software as a component and thus are potentially affected by the vulnerabilities addressed. This bulletin provides a multi-product consolidated response for the Nortel products which are potentially affected. This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability. All of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Microsoft rates this security update as Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer. This security update replaces MS08-031 for Internet Explorer. This security updates addresses the following Common Vulnerability Identifiers (CVEs): 1) CVE-2008-2254 (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2254) HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer due to attempts to access uninitialized memory in certain situations. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. 2) CVE-2008-2255 (http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2255) HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer due to attempts to access uninitialized memory in certain situations. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. 3) CVE-2008-2256 (http://ww |
| Type: |
Security Advisories |
| Number: |
2008009027, Rev 1 |
| Status: |
Retired |
| Date: |
2009-03-31 |
