MS04-028: ISC requests vendors to fix vulnerable GDI+

While Windows and Office updates will repair Microsoft's products, some 3rd party software vendors have included the gdiplus.dll in the products to support enhanced graphical capabilities.  These vulnerable GDI+ modules need to be replaced for the best levels of security.  Many vendors have posted fixes, copy procedures (if it's safe to copy the Windows GDI+) or have stated they are not impacted.  Hopefully, all vendors will include this information soon as requested by ISC. 

  MS04-028: ISC requests vendors to fix vulnerable GDI+

http://isc.sans.org//diary.php?date=2004-10-02

In September 27th's diary entry, Joshua Wright included a stanza asking software vendors to determine whether or not their software has distributed vulnerable gdiplus.dll libraries, and provide appropriate replacements as soon as possible. Reports from users of Tom Liston's GDIscan http://isc.sans.org/gdiscan.php  of finding vulnerable versions in a variety of software applications has continued. This morning, Will Harper wrote in requesting the Handlers expand our notice to these vendors.

If your software package utilizes the gdiplus.dll library, please notify your users by e-mail or a posting to your website with the application-specific fix necessary to close this vulnerability as soon as possible. Suggestions are to instruct the users how to copy a non-broken version over the vulnerable one, or provide a properly fixed version themselves.