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MS15-041 – Important: Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Information Disclosure (3048010) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (April 14, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker sends a specially crafted web request to an affected server that has custom error messages disabled. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would be able to view parts of a web configuration file, which could expose sensitive information.

3050995 – Improperly Issued Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 1.0

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 24, 2015): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of improperly issued digital certificates coming from the subordinate CA, MCS Holdings, which could be used in attempts to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. The improperly issued certificates cannot be used to issue other certificates, impersonate other domains, or sign code. This issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.

3046310 – Improperly Issued Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 1.0

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 16, 2015): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of an improperly issued SSL certificate for the domain “live.fi” that could be used in attempts to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. This issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft is not currently aware of attacks related to this issue.

MS15-027 – Important: Vulnerability in NETLOGON Could Allow Spoofing (3002657) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow spoofing if an attacker who is logged on to a domain-joined system runs a specially crafted application that could establish a connection with other domain-joined systems as the impersonated user or system. The attacker must be logged on to a domain-joined system and be able to observe network traffic.

3033929 – Availability of SHA-2 Code Signing Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 – Version: 1.0

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the reissuance of an update for all supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to add support for SHA-2 signing and verification functionality. This update supersedes the 2949927 update that was rescinded on October 17, 2014 to address issues that some customers experienced after installation. As with the original release, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT, and Windows RT 8.1 do not require this update as SHA-2 signing and verification functionality is already included in these operating systems. This update is not available for Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008.

MS15-024 – Important: Vulnerability in PNG Processing Could Allow Information Disclosure (3035132) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker runs a specially crafted application on an affected system or convinces a user to visit a website that contains specially crafted PNG images.

MS15-030 – Important: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service (3039976) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker creates multiple Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions that fail to properly free objects in memory. By default, RDP is not enabled on any Windows operating system. Systems that do not have RDP enabled are not at risk.

MS15-026 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3040856) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicks a specially crafted URL that takes them to a targeted Outlook Web App site. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit a specially crafted website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince them to visit the website, typically by getting them to click a link in an instant messenger or email message that takes them to the attacker’s website, and then convince them to click the specially crafted URL.

MS15-031 – Important: Vulnerability in Schannel Could Allow Security Feature Bypass (3046049) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that facilitates exploitation of the publicly disclosed FREAK technique, an industry-wide issue that is not specific to Windows operating systems. The vulnerability could allow a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacker to force the downgrading of the key length of an RSA key to EXPORT-grade length in a TLS connection. Any Windows system using Schannel to connect to a remote TLS server with an exploitable cipher suite is affected.