Vulnerabilities Affecting Microsoft Systems and Adobe Acrobat Reader

Microsoft Security Advisory MS08-068:
 
A vulnerability in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system. The problem lies in the way that the protocol handles NTLM credentials when users attempt to login to a system.
 
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 3, SID 15009.
 
Microsoft Security Advisory MS08-069:
 
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft XML Core Services, the most serious of which may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
 
Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 3, SIDs 15012 and 15013.
 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-2992):
 
Adobe Acrobat Reader is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system. The application fails to correctly check user-supplied data before passing to the util.printf javascript function.
 
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 15014.