National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0901

Overview

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."

Impact

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External Source: BID

Name: 35832

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35832

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2232

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2034

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034

External Source: MS

Name: MS09-037

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-037.mspx

External Source: MS

Name: MS09-035

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-035.mspx

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 266108

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36374

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36374

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36187

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36187

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx