Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2008

Published: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 | Updated: Friday, January 25, 2008

Version: 1.2

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for January 2008.

With the release of the bulletins for January 2008, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued January 3, 2008. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on January 9, 2008, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the January Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.

Bulletin Information

Executive Summaries

The security bulletins for this month are as follows, in order of severity:

Critical (1)

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-001
Bulletin Title	Vulnerabilities in Windows TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (941644)
Executive Summary	This critical security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Critical
Impact of Vulnerability	Remote Code Execution
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Important (1)

Bulletin Identifier	Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-002
Bulletin Title	Vulnerability in LSASS Could Allow Local Elevation of Privilege (943485)
Executive Summary	This important update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). The vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Maximum Severity Rating	Important
Impact of Vulnerability	Local Elevation of Privilege
Detection	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update will require a restart.
Affected Software	Windows. For more information, see the Affected Software and Download Locations section.

Affected Software and Download Locations

	Details	Details
Bulletin Identifier	MS08-001	MS08-002
Maximum Severity Rating	Critical	Important
Windows Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4	Moderate	Important
Windows XP Service Pack 2	Critical	Important
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Critical	Important
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2	Important	Important
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Important	Important
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems	Important	Important
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, and Windows Home Server	Critical
Windows Vista	Critical
Windows Vista x64 Edition	Critical

Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance

Security Central

Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile computers in your organization. For more information see the TechNet Update Management Center. The TechNet Security Center provides additional information about security in Microsoft products. Consumers can visit Security At Home, where this information is also available by clicking “Latest Security Updates”.

Security updates are available from Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Office Update. Security updates are also available at the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".

Finally, security updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Microsoft Update Catalog provides a searchable catalog of content made available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update, including security updates, drivers and service packs. By searching using the security bulletin number (such as, “MS07-036”), you can add all of the applicable updates to your basket (including different languages for an update), and download to the folder of your choosing. For more information about the Microsoft Update Catalog, see the Microsoft Update Catalog FAQ.

Detection and Deployment Guidance

Microsoft has provided detection and deployment guidance for this month’s security updates. This guidance will also help IT professionals understand how they can use various tools to help deploy the security update, such as Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Office Update, the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the Office Detection Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), and the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool (ESUIT). For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 910723.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA, visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

Windows Server Update Services

By using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), administrators can quickly and reliably deploy the latest critical updates and security updates for Windows 2000 operating systems and later, Office XP and later, Exchange Server 2003, and SQL Server 2000 to Windows 2000 and later operating systems.

For more information about how to deploy this security update using Windows Server Update Services, visit Windows Server Update Services.

Systems Management Server

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) delivers a highly-configurable enterprise solution for managing updates. By using SMS, administrators can identify Windows-based systems that require security updates and to perform controlled deployment of these updates throughout the enterprise with minimal disruption to end users. The next release of SMS, System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available; see also System Center Configuration Manager 2007. For more information about how administrators can use SMS 2003 to deploy security updates, see SMS 2003 Security Patch Management. SMS 2.0 users can also use the Software Updates Services Feature Pack to help deploy security updates. For information about SMS, visit Microsoft Systems Management Server.

Note SMS uses the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Microsoft Office Detection Tool to provide broad support for security bulletin update detection and deployment. Some software updates may not be detected by these tools. Administrators can use the inventory capabilities of the SMS in these cases to target updates to specific systems. For more information about this procedure, see Deploying Software Updates Using the SMS Software Distribution Feature. Some security updates require administrative rights following a restart of the system. Administrators can use the Elevated Rights Deployment Tool (available in the SMS 2003 Administration Feature Pack and in the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack) to install these updates.

Other Information

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft has released an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.

Non-Security, High-Priority Updates on MU, WU, and WSUS

For this month:

Microsoft has released five non-security, high-priority updates on Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Microsoft has released two non-security, high-priority updates for Windows on Windows Update (WU) and WSUS.

Note that this information pertains only to non-security, high-priority updates on Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Windows Server Update Services released on the same day as the security bulletin summary. Information is not provided about non-security updates released on other days.

Security Strategies and Community

Update Management Strategies

Security Guidance for Patch Management provides additional information about Microsoft’s best-practice recommendations for applying security updates.

Obtaining Other Security Updates

Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:

Security updates are available from Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
Updates for consumer platforms are available from Microsoft Update.
You can obtain the security updates offered this month on Windows Update, from Download Center on Security and Critical Releases ISO CD Image files. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 913086.

IT Pro Security Community

Learn to improve security and optimize your IT infrastructure, and participate with other IT Pros on security topics in IT Pro Security Community.

Acknowledgments

Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:

IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force by Alex Wheeler and Ryan Smith for reporting an issue described in MS08-001
IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force by Alex Wheeler and Ryan Smith for reporting an issue described in MS08-001
Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon for reporting an issue described in MS08-002

Support

The affected software listed have been tested to determine which versions are affected. Other versions are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software version, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Microsoft Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates.
International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit International Help and Support.

Disclaimer

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Revisions

V1.0 (January 8, 2008): Bulletin summary published.
V1.1 (January 23, 2008): Bulletin summary updated to add Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 2 as affected software for MS08-001 bulletin.
V1.2 (January 25, 2008): Bulletin summary updated to add Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, and Windows Home Server as affected software for MS08-001 bulletin.