full-disclosure - Windows VML security update MS06-055 released

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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:44:48 +0300 (EEST)
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio@...ti.fi>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Windows VML security update MS06-055 released

Security update for Windows Vector Markup Language (VML) vulnerability has been released.

Fix is available via Microsoft Update or downloadable with links included to MS06-055:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-055.mspx

Fix information has been added to Windows VML Vulnerability FAQ (CVE-2006-4868)
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=640

and details will be added shortly.

It appears that the timestamp of updated Vgx.dll library is 18th September, 2006.

>>From the Security Update Information / File Information section of new MS bulletin:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (all versions) and Windows XP Professional x64
Vgx.dll - 6.0.2900.2997 - 18-Sep-2006 - 14:28 (UTC) - 851,968

It is exactly the same day when Sunbelt reported that they were informed Microsoft security people:
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.html

- Juha-Matti

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